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Summer Vacation

Country: Israel, Language: Hebrew, 22 mins

Original Title

Hofesh Gadol
  • Director: Tal Granit; Sharon Maymon
  • Writer: Tal Granit; Sharon Maymon
  • Producer: Saar Datner; Tal Granit

CGiii Comment

Impressive...but, thoroughly unpleasant.

Only problem: the beginning...kids burying a grown man up to his neck in the sand - it doesn't quite work. Surely, there was a better mechanism for the two men to meet?!?!?

There is so much crammed in here...definitely potential for a feature.

It's not exactly a glowing portrait of men - gay or 'straight'.

But...well worth watching.


Trailer...

The(ir) Blurb...

Sea, sun, island, a family on vacation. And all Yuval wants is to get the heck out of there.

Cast & Characters

Yiftach Klein as Yuval;
Oded Leopold as Iftach;
Hilla Vidor as Michaela;
Ido Bartal as Noam;
Ruslan Levchuk as Einav;
Bar Minali as Gaya