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A small gem
A Customer from Glasgow, Scotland,
13th December, 2005
One of the best gay themed films I've seen though only just over an hour long. A good story well told, with excellent performances and characters like real people. A familiar enough scenario, with two gay lovers, one flamboyant and happy with his sexuality, the other more conflicted and reticent about open display of intimacy. But the setting, a remote border outpost between Israel and Lebanon and circumstances, compulsory military service, make this something special. Without any explicit sex or nudity the film simply shows two men in love under very difficult circumstances, trying to make their way through a stressful situation and be together. Yossi loves Jagger but finds it hard to say so. Meanwhile Jagger wants a real commitment from Yossi and to bring their relationship into the open. How this is resolved is far removed from trite Hollywood endings, so touching you'll find yourself thinking about the film days later. Music adds much to a film that doesn't waste a word or a shot. Handheld camera work lends a naturalistic documentary feel. Though it involves the Israeli army politics & religion don't figure, and the 'enemy' remains unseen. No big drama and action sequences but a taste of what war is really like, mostly sitting around passing the time with occasional bursts of lethal danger. I want to buy this one.
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