Snails in the Rain (2013)

Original title

שבלולים בגשם

Directed by

Yariv Mozer

Genre

drama film, romance film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Israel

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 44 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man in 1980s Tel Aviv receives anonymous love letters that stir up his repressed attraction to other men. This puts pressure on his relationship with his girlfriend and forces him to confront who he really is.

tensemelancholicintimateslow-burnemotionally fraughtvisually lushintrospectiveclaustrophobic

What happens

Snails in the Rain (Hebrew: שבלולים בגשם Shablulim BaGeshem) is a 2013 Israeli drama film directed by Yariv Mozer and based on a short story by Yossi Avni-Levy. The story comes from Avni-Levy's 1995 book, The Garden of Dead Trees. It centres on Boaz (Yoav Reuveni) as his suppressed same-sex attraction threatens his relationship with his girlfriend, Noa, (Moran Rosenblatt). The film premiered at TLVFest in Tel Aviv on 8 June 2013, before receiving a theatrical release in Israel on 20 June. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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