The Bubble
The Bubble is Eytan's Fox's latest film and it is terrific. It takes place in modern day Tel Aviv and focuses on three young roommates. Noam (Ohad Knoller) and Yeli (Alon Friedman) are both gay but not lovers. The third roommate Lulu (Daniella Wircer) is a straight woman. The Bubble is what living in Tel Aviv is - compared to the rest of Israel. But, as we shall see, that is not true.
The story starts off at an Israeli checkpoint. Noam reluctantly serves his army time this way. After his month long duty is over he returns to Tel Aviv. But he left his id card there by accident. It was found by a young Palestinian named Ashraf (Yousef Sweid) who happens to be gay. Ashraf and Noam fall for each other and Ashraf stays with Noam and his friends.
I don't want to get into too much of the plot because I don't want to give things away. Fox explores relationships, both gay and straight. There are some very erotic scenes in the film. He also delves into the politics of the region and shows the atrocities on both sides. Tel Aviv is a very open, modern city (in fact, the film is in part a love letter to Tel Aviv). Being gay is not a big deal there. But being gay in the occupied land is another story. I was pleased to see that there are so many left leaning young people in Israel. I was in Israel a long time ago and would love to go again. But this time I would spend more time in Tel Aviv instead of Jerusalem (beautiful but too religious for me). Also Fox and co-screenwriter Gad Uchovsky's decision to show what all of this hatred does was right on. An added attraction in the film is a guest appearance by Lior Ashkenazi (who was in Fox's marvelous Walk on Water) who plays himself.
I hope that we get to see more of this talented (and handsome) actor in the not too distant future. The film is filled with humor but there is also a great deal of sadness throughout.
The Bubble is a anti-war, pro-peace film. And it is a very good one at that. I don't think that many people will get to see this film because it is getting a very limited release. I strongly recommend that you see this in either in the theater or on DVD. You will walk away shattered.
The story starts off at an Israeli checkpoint. Noam reluctantly serves his army time this way. After his month long duty is over he returns to Tel Aviv. But he left his id card there by accident. It was found by a young Palestinian named Ashraf (Yousef Sweid) who happens to be gay. Ashraf and Noam fall for each other and Ashraf stays with Noam and his friends.
I don't want to get into too much of the plot because I don't want to give things away. Fox explores relationships, both gay and straight. There are some very erotic scenes in the film. He also delves into the politics of the region and shows the atrocities on both sides. Tel Aviv is a very open, modern city (in fact, the film is in part a love letter to Tel Aviv). Being gay is not a big deal there. But being gay in the occupied land is another story. I was pleased to see that there are so many left leaning young people in Israel. I was in Israel a long time ago and would love to go again. But this time I would spend more time in Tel Aviv instead of Jerusalem (beautiful but too religious for me). Also Fox and co-screenwriter Gad Uchovsky's decision to show what all of this hatred does was right on. An added attraction in the film is a guest appearance by Lior Ashkenazi (who was in Fox's marvelous Walk on Water) who plays himself.
I hope that we get to see more of this talented (and handsome) actor in the not too distant future. The film is filled with humor but there is also a great deal of sadness throughout.
The Bubble is a anti-war, pro-peace film. And it is a very good one at that. I don't think that many people will get to see this film because it is getting a very limited release. I strongly recommend that you see this in either in the theater or on DVD. You will walk away shattered.
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