2012 · drama · lgbt · grief
Yossi
Directed by Eytan Fox1h 24m2012
The sequel to "Yossi and Jagger" finds character Yossi (Ohad Knoller) leading a sad existence after losing his partner Jagger on the battlefield. A chance encounter with a middle-aged woman linked to his past shakes up his otherwise staid routine and sends him on a spontaneous pilgrimage to Tel Aviv. It is on the roads of southern Israel that he reignites the fire of his former self.
Our read: Yossi (2012) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · lgbt · grief entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / lgbt, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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