OUT IN THE DARK - OUT IN THE DARK (1 Blu-ray)

Most gay themed films are low budget and rather stereotyped which reflects the number of potential viewers and the centre of film making i.e. New York , so it is no surprise that problems of middle class educated gay men feature prominently in such abundance. This film however follows close on the heels of such wonderful films like 'Yossi & Jager' and 'Yossi' to name just two recent gay films from Israel. There are a few other foreign language films which deserve a much wider audience but which barely make their money back.The plot is outlined well in other reviews so I'm no going to repeat it. Some reviewers seem more concerned with maintaining a political stance than reviewing the film on its own merits. The plot is not in any way unbelievable as some maintain. They obviously know little of the Northern Ireland conflict where even greeting the wrong person could be construed as a betrayal of 'the cause'. The British army used every trick in the book as well to get information from those they could compromise which is all well documented. There is no reason the Israeli secret services wouldn't employ the same means. Armies are much the same all over the world. Gay men are particularly vulnerable to blackmail and police forces know this especially if they can use the threat of returning them to their particular 'cultural group' who will murder them for dishonouring them.If the film highlights the plight of gay men and women in the Middle East it should be commended for that alone. The lighting is not deficient in any way and most of it is filmed in the daylight. I don't know where that idea came from. This is a worthy film for anyone's collection and certainly needs to be more widely distributed to highlight the plight of a much forgotten group of gays.

A very good but rather harrowing film from Israel. It is basically a love story, but with the toxic relationship between the Palestinians and Israelis as the deadly catalyst for the terrible things that happen. It is in a way a more vicious version of the Romeo and Juliet story except that the protagonists are gay and the action takes place in the Middle East. Unlike in the Shakespeare play there is some hope at the end, at least for one of the two main characters, but that is deliberately left uncertain.

This film strongly delivers yet another problem between Israel and Palestina. How can two gay men in love from opposite sides survive? The answer is simple - somewhere far away.Politics aside, it is a terrific, hair rising falling in love story, superbly acted and directed. The script is dynamic, driving fast toward seemingly tragic conclusion.Yet there is a light at the end of the tunnel - one lover sacrifices his career with a probable jail time to save another's life.

This film reveals once again what a contradictory society Israel is, in some respects a progressive and liberal society, in other respects prepared to destroyed individual's lives for the alleged greater good. It has been said that the behaviour of the Israel state can be compared to a teenager, with a lot of promise but not yet having reached full maturity in its judgements. The problem is that teenagers can only fully mature when they ultimately feel secure. Unfortunately Israel is a long way from that point. Of course, in many respects, Israel is a far more mature society than neighbouring Arab states. However, Israel purports to uphold the values of advanced western societies, and we must therefore judge its policies and practices by those standards, rather than through comparisons with regimes and cultures which we abhor.

This is an amazing film,well produced and very well acted.it brings home the way some people have to live their lives,dictated to by religion and politics,we can't help who we fall in love with,and should be allowed to live our lives as we choose,and not be scorned by narrow minded people.its a very sad world.

Another jewel coming out of Israel, exploring the impossible cohabitation between Jews and Arabs. When a student from Ramallah meets a young lawyer from Tel Aviv, the odds of this being a happy-ever-after love story are always going to be small. Powerful forces of religion, racism and politics combine against the budding romance.

This is a great love story, it's also a great drama showing the difficulties when a relationship crosses a religious divide. Really well acted by the whole cast with true to life characters. It's a cut above the gay dramas that hollywood usually makes. I can't recommend it enough.

Having missed seeing this film at the London Film Festival, i was keen to get hold of it on DVD (this sort of movie never gets a release on the Isle of Wight!). I wasn't disappointed. Well actually I was but only for the reasons given in one of the other review - hand-held camera & appalling lighting - both of which are why I would only give this film a 3* rating.I appreciate that gay-themed features rarely get decent budgets to work with, but this film really had an amateur fell to it, which was a shame considering the excellent plot-line, script and acting. The two main leads Nicholas Jacob and Michael Aloni are both extremely good - as well as being good-looking (Aloni in particular), and the story is engrossing and at times painful to watch. All of which makes it even more sad that the production company couldn't get more money behind it and make this a film worthy of the talent involved. Having said all that, I thoroughly enjoyed OUT OF THE DARK and would highly recommend it.

Aloni is now a big star, made so by the Shtisel series on Netflix. We're so glad that we could find this copy. No problem that it was a PAL format as it could be played on the CD drive of the computer, and then viewed on the TV screen

Bellissimo film che unisce due argomenti (omosessualità e antisemitismo) in un unico, forse troppa carne al fuoco, ma va bene così...lo consiglio caldamente... (p.s. mancano sottotitoli in italiano).

Real como la vida misma. Sin florituras, sin almíbar. Una historia de amor entre homosexuales sin caer en estereotipos ni caricaturas. Muy bien traído el conflicto político que sirve de contexto a la relación de pareja. El final, realista y sin concesiones a la galería.

Una storia diversa, ben raccontata.Bravo il regista e bravi gli interpreti.Il lieto finale ci sta ... la speranza non deve mai morire ... anche se in Europa il ragazzo non troverà il paradiso immaginato.

Win on all levels: story, performance, topic, theme, music, shoot, etc.