Out in the Dark, May 08, 2013 | Boston LGBT Film Festival 2013

Boston LGBT Film Festival 2013

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Director

Michael Mayer

Year

2012

Run Time

96

min

Country

Israel

Language

Hebrew and Arabic

PROGRAM Time

minutes

CONTENT WARNING:

Two young men — a Palestinian grad student and an Israeli lawyer — meet and fall in love amidst personal and political intrigue.

This film is presented in Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles.

Nimer, a Palestinian student and dedicated son, dreams of studying abroad and of a better life. One fateful night he meets Roy, an Israeli lawyer, and the two fall in love. As their relationship deepens, Nimer is confronted with the harsh realities of a Palestinian society that refuses to accept him for his sexual identity, and an Israeli society that rejects him for his Palestinian nationality. When his close friend is caught hiding illegally in Tel Aviv and sent back to the West Bank to be brutally murdered, Nimer is sent hurling down a path of personal sacrifice and mortal danger. Now he must choose between the life he thought he wanted and his love for Roy.

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