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| Sharon Alexander | ... |
Thomas
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| Aki Avni | ... |
Miki
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Dvora Bartonov | ... |
Grandmother's Friend
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| Ishai Golan | ... |
Doron
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Gal Hoyberger | ... |
Jonathan
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| Rivka Michaeli | ... |
Thomas' Mother
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| Karin Ophir | ... |
Tovale
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Hinna Rozovska | ... |
Thomas' Grandmother
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Hasida Stolero | ... |
Edna
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| Ada Valerie-Tal | ... |
Doris
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| Iggy Vaxman | ... |
Bafi
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Against the backdrop of AIDS, the film explores two families, each with a gay son. Jonathan is splitting from Miki because the more experienced Miki is playing around. Then Jonathan sees Thomas, the son and grandson of his neighbors, who is back in Israel after failing to make it as a musician in New York: Thomas is ill, detached, in search of hard drugs. Jonathan tries to connect with him. Meanwhile, Thomas's grandmother, facing old age, has become bitter, particularly toward her hard-working daughter. They worry about Thomas. A few blocks away, Jonathan's mother, brother and sister maintain their sometimes bickering relationships, watching Jonathan brave adulthood. Written by <[email protected]>
Maybe some people may consider this a slow movie. However, it's precisely this "slow burning" that allows it to profoundly affect the viewer. Like that marvelous first scene: first, we can hear the voices; then, we are allowed to see the characters; finally, the camera slowly pans back and to the side and we see another character, a young man who is just sitting there, apparently not even listening to the conversation or, at least, not really caring. The fact that this young man will be the leading role shows the movie's strategy: allowing the character to develop and be determined by the environment surrounding him but without remarking the points more than necessary. People come and go, flow in and out of his life. Although most of the movie follows him (and most of the supporting characters are only seen when close to him, defined according to the relationship maintained with him), we are induced to believe that we are being objective, so subtle is the director touch.