YOSSI & JAGGER

PLOT:

Based on a true story, Yossi & Jagger portrays the love affair of two Israeli officers in an IDF position on the Israeli-Lebanese border. They are commanders, they are in love, and they try to find a place of their own in an oppressing and rigid system, which sends them to defend a cause they do not necessarily believe in. Yossi, the company commander, is an introvert guy and largely a man-of-the-system. Jagger, the platoon commander, is an open and much more liberated guy. He is the star of the company. Yossi is determined to keep their love in secret. Whereas, Jagger, who is about to finish the service, believes that Yossi should leave the army with him. Shortly before departing for a dangerous ambush, the tension between the lovers gets high almost explosive.Yossi & Jagger portrays in a courageous, genuine, amusing and sometines painful fashion the complicated and sensative topic of "gays in the military". It also portrays the tragic structure of life of young Israelis today. The film presents an enchanting ensemble of young men and women that were supposed, in this time of their lives, to dance, study and love. Instead, due to the mandatory army service and the complicated situation in the region, they have to devote their most beautiful years to their country, to be soldiers, to kill and get killed. In Yossi & Jagger you can find a chef who finds comfort in cooking a gourmet cuisine, a soldier who believes in reincarnation, and two young women who try to survive in a men's world. By showing the apparently small details of the commanders' and soldiers' lives, the film creators emphasize the distorted situation in which these men and women are forced to live and die.

TRAMA:

In una base militare israeliana ai confini con il Libano, due soldati tentano di nascondere la loro relazione omosessuale. Yossi, militare in carriera, vorrebbe che la loro storia restasse lontana dai riflettori. Invece Jagger (militare di leva) ha intenzione di rompere questo tabù e, una volta terminato il servizio di leva, tornare a casa per presentare il suo nuovo 'compagno' alla famiglia. Un film che emoziona con semplicità riuscendo a raccontarci l’universale meraviglia, l’intensa umanità e il dolore dell’amore. Grande successo sia in patria, dove è stato proiettato anche dentro alle caserme, che all'estero.

Here (Israeli with English subs)

Here (Italian / from cineblog01)