Yossi 2012

Yossi 2012

Yossi 2012
Not Rated | 1h 24min | Drama, Romance | 17 May 2012 (Israel)

Storyline:

This sequel to Yossi and Jagger finds Dr. Yossi Gutmann reminiscing about his love ten years after his death; however, as he encounters a group of young soldiers, one of them, Tom, reignites his romantic feelings.

User review:

Both of these movies were powerful films and the sequel does not disappoint. Ohad Knoller did a wonderful job. One of the existing reviews seemed to judge everything based on the looks of the individual actors in the film which seemed rather shallow. I did agree with them on some points though. Yes, Yossi, in spite of the weight he has added, still carried the movie, and he is still a strikingly handsome fellow. At first I could not recognize him as the same fellow that was in Jossi and Jagger. Secondly, the toilet scene where the other doctor brings a girl in to have a threesome with Yossi, seemed a little out of place, but perhaps it added some additional perspective to the lonely and dismal place that Jossi was in his life at that stage. Overall, I loved the movie and would say that it is easily Israel’s answer to Brokeback Mountain. I thought about Jossi for days after viewing the film in much the same way I did when I saw Brokeback Mountain.

I would now like to see anything with Ohad Knoller in it…he is my new favorite actor.

Director: Eytan Fox
Writer: Itay Segal
Stars: Ohad Knoller, Shlomo Sadan, Oz Zehavi
Country: Israel
Language: Hebrew
Release Date: 17 May 2012 (Israel)
Also Known As: Ha-Sippur shel Yossi
Filming Locations: Dan Panorama Hotel, Tarshish, Eilat, Israel