Synopsis
A sociological study of two men in the Israeli army who are lovers. The others in the unit react to their situation, suspecting, but not always understanding. One will leave the military soon, a few months away, as a snowy and desolate outpost is guarded from attack.
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Cast
- Ohad KnollerYossi
- Yehuda LeviLior Amichai 'Jagger'
- Assi CohenOphir
- Aya SteinovitzYaeli
- Sharon RaginianoThe Colonel
- Hani FurstenbergGoldie
Recommendations
- 80
The New York Times
If the situation has all the ingredients of a shrill, tearful melodrama, the filmmaker, working from a taut screenplay by Avner Bernheimer that doesn't waste a word or a gesture, keeps the emotional lid firmly in place. - 80
L.A. Weekly
Enlivened by journalist Avner Bernheimer's delicately witty script and some lively ensemble performances under the direction of Eytan Fox, the film offers a haunting portrait of a generation forced to risk their lives in the service of military goals they're far from totally committed to. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Performances are crisp, as is everything else about this vital, economical film, proof that less really can be more. - 75
New York Post
The lazy story takes on a passion and urgency that peaks in an emotional finale. - 75
Premiere
Although director Eytan Fox focuses on Yossi and Jagger's specific situation, he also casts a critical eye on the responsibility military service puts on all young people who are still in the process of discovering themselves. - 70
Variety
It's a very small pic but engagingly played by a fine cast. - 70
Village Voice
At 71 minutes, the movie is scarcely more than an anecdote. But vivid as it is in establishing a specific milieu, its economy is its strength. - 63
New York Daily News
The film is hampered by a somewhat shallow, soap-operatic climax. But Knoller is superb as a practical man trying to balance reason and emotion. Fox does an excellent job capturing the claustrophobia of army life, made all the more suffocating by having to hide one's true self.
