Yossi & Jagger (2002)

Yossi & Jagger (2002). 1h 5m | R

“Eytan Fox, the talented Israeli director of the extraordinary film u0026quot;Walk on Wateru0026quot; is a man who clearly has his feet well planted on the ground. His lyrical u0026quot;Yossi and Jaggeru0026quot; proves he is man who can deal with a lot of controversial subjects in a realistic and convincing way.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis brief film packs a lot for a 65 minutes feature, but in spite of its short length, what comes out of the story feels real and we donu0026#39;t begrudge the brevity in which it was presented. The story of Yossi and Jagger is presented without phony touches, that in the hands of another director, of worse yet, a Hollywood studio, would have been meaningless.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is the story about two men who happened to be in love and the consequences of something that goes terribly wrong that ends their involvement. The two central characters stay with the viewer for a long time, which says a lot about Mr. Fox and the way he has presented his tale about how fate intervenes in the lives of these young men.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOhad Knoller and Yehuda Levi give good performances as Yossi and Jagger. These actors make their characters work on the movie because of the intensity of their contribution to the film.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMr. Fox is to be congratulated for his inspired direction.”