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The Bubble is a beautiful, funny and tragic love story set amidst the relentless nightmare of the Palestine-Israeli conflict. Handsome Noam lives with his best friends Lulu and camp café owner Yali in the 'bubble' of a secular, prosperous, fun and liberal, middle-class Tel Aviv suburb. On military service, Noam helps a Palestinian woman give birth on the roadside at a checkpoint. In such improbable and awful circumstances, he meets a cute Palestinian guy Ashraf. Then, when Ashraf turns up at Noam's apartment, they begin an intense love affair. Love, for a moment, promises to bridge the yawning personal-political divide. But try as they might, the violence of the conflict, sadly but hopefully yet, punctures their dreams.
The Bubble is a beautiful, funny and tragic love story set amidst the relentless nightmare of the Palestine-Israeli conflict. Handsome Noam lives with his best friends Lulu and camp café owner Yali in the 'bubble' of a secular, prosperous, fun and liberal, middle-class Tel Aviv suburb. On military service, Noam helps a Palestinian woman give birth on the roadside at a checkpoint. In such improbable and awful circumstances, he meets a cute Palestinian guy Ashraf. Then, when Ashraf turns up at Noam's apartment, they begin an intense love affair. Love, for a moment, promises to bridge the yawning personal-political divide. But try as they might, the violence of the conflict, sadly but hopefully yet, punctures their dreams.
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Yossi (Ohad Knoller) commands a troop of soldiers in the snow-covered mountains near Lebanon. In secrecy, he leads a homosexual relationship with his second-in-command, Lior (Yehuda Levi), who is called Jagger by everyone for his rock star-like handsomeness. As they have little privacy at the post, they have to go on patrol together to get the opportunity for some sex.
One day, a colonel (Sharon Raginiano) arrives at the base with two females, one of whom he immediately has sex with in the bunker. The other one, Yaeli (Aya Koren), credited as Aya Steinovitz), is very interested in Jagger, while she refuses the sexual advances of Ofir (Assi Cohen), who tries to make clear to her that Jagger is not particularly interested in her.
The colonel is there to supervise a nighttime ambush, of which Yossi is resentful because of the full moon, and also because he fears for Jagger's safety. And indeed Jagger is fatally injured that night, dying in the arms of his lover, who only now is able to articulate his love for him.
At the funeral reception at Lior's parents' house, Jagger's mother mistakes Yaeli for his girlfriend. She laments that she knew very little about her son, including his favorite song, which Yossi is able to tell her.
Yossi (Ohad Knoller) commands a troop of soldiers in the snow-covered mountains near Lebanon. In secrecy, he leads a homosexual relationship with his second-in-command, Lior (Yehuda Levi), who is called Jagger by everyone for his rock star-like handsomeness. As they have little privacy at the post, they have to go on patrol together to get the opportunity for some sex.
One day, a colonel (Sharon Raginiano) arrives at the base with two females, one of whom he immediately has sex with in the bunker. The other one, Yaeli (Aya Koren), credited as Aya Steinovitz), is very interested in Jagger, while she refuses the sexual advances of Ofir (Assi Cohen), who tries to make clear to her that Jagger is not particularly interested in her.
The colonel is there to supervise a nighttime ambush, of which Yossi is resentful because of the full moon, and also because he fears for Jagger's safety. And indeed Jagger is fatally injured that night, dying in the arms of his lover, who only now is able to articulate his love for him.
At the funeral reception at Lior's parents' house, Jagger's mother mistakes Yaeli for his girlfriend. She laments that she knew very little about her son, including his favorite song, which Yossi is able to tell her.
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Eyal is an agent in Mossad, the Israeli security service. He is a hitman who targets enemies of Israel and of the Jews for a living. His wife has recently committed suicide, and the agency decides that he needs to take on a less challenging assignment: to find an aging Nazi War Criminal and kill him "before God gets to him".
In order to track down the old man, Eyal poses as a tour guide and befriends the Nazi's adult grandchildren, Axel and Pia. Pia lives on a kibbutz, an Israeli commune. Her brother Axel visits her in order to convince Pia to return to Germany for their father's seventieth birthday.
Although he has a job to perform, Eyal truly befriends Axel and Pia. They spend time together and Eyal enjoys himself, even if he would not openly admit so. His friendship with Axel allows him to display some humanity, letting down his tough-guy machismo. Eyal and Axel even take a mud bath by the Dead Sea, showering off together in the nude afterward.
When the three are at dinner one night in a Tel Aviv restaurant, Axel speaks privately to the Palestinian waiter, Rafik, and finds out where the best club in town is. Later that evening, Axel, Pia, and Eyal arrive at the club. Eyal is shocked to discover that it is a gay club. He sees Axel dancing with Rafik and is taken aback.
Eyal is initially disgusted and disappointed to discover that Axel is gay. He asks to be removed from the assignment, not attempting to hide his homophobia as the reason. His boss insists that Eyal finish the mission. Eyal visits Germany and comes to realize that Axel's orientation is unimportant. Axel and Pia are decent people who demonstrate that most Germans have gotten beyond the hatred that led to the Holocaust. Eyal realizes that hatred based on accidents of birth are counterproductive and he accepts Axel and Pia as Germans and Axel as a Homosexual.
Eyal is an agent in Mossad, the Israeli security service. He is a hitman who targets enemies of Israel and of the Jews for a living. His wife has recently committed suicide, and the agency decides that he needs to take on a less challenging assignment: to find an aging Nazi War Criminal and kill him "before God gets to him".
In order to track down the old man, Eyal poses as a tour guide and befriends the Nazi's adult grandchildren, Axel and Pia. Pia lives on a kibbutz, an Israeli commune. Her brother Axel visits her in order to convince Pia to return to Germany for their father's seventieth birthday.
Although he has a job to perform, Eyal truly befriends Axel and Pia. They spend time together and Eyal enjoys himself, even if he would not openly admit so. His friendship with Axel allows him to display some humanity, letting down his tough-guy machismo. Eyal and Axel even take a mud bath by the Dead Sea, showering off together in the nude afterward.
When the three are at dinner one night in a Tel Aviv restaurant, Axel speaks privately to the Palestinian waiter, Rafik, and finds out where the best club in town is. Later that evening, Axel, Pia, and Eyal arrive at the club. Eyal is shocked to discover that it is a gay club. He sees Axel dancing with Rafik and is taken aback.
Eyal is initially disgusted and disappointed to discover that Axel is gay. He asks to be removed from the assignment, not attempting to hide his homophobia as the reason. His boss insists that Eyal finish the mission. Eyal visits Germany and comes to realize that Axel's orientation is unimportant. Axel and Pia are decent people who demonstrate that most Germans have gotten beyond the hatred that led to the Holocaust. Eyal realizes that hatred based on accidents of birth are counterproductive and he accepts Axel and Pia as Germans and Axel as a Homosexual.
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