Another gay-themed film by Israeli, Eytan Fox (previously did Walk on Water and Yossi & Yagger). This outing pits the gay theme with a touch of taboo politicaliness (predictable I might be tempted to say) when gay Israeli Noam brings home a gay Palestinian, Asraf. More predictable woe and grief ensue as these two try to make their relationship work outside 'the bubble' that is city life in Tel Aviv. This movie is very good ... until the last 7 minutes or so when we're supposed to believe (spoiler alert) that 1) Asraf suddenly decides to leave his moderate views on the occupation behind and opts to become a suicide bomber to avenge his dead sister, and, 2) when he does blow himself up (while cornily hugging Noam outside the restaurant in Tel Aviv where they worked) enough of their bodies remain to be bagged center stage for the camera to focus on. Com'on! Such potential only to be ruined in the last few minutes.
My rating: 5 out of 10.
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