15 Years

Not bad. I wish the writing could match the fantastic visuals and sharp acting in this film. The story, while overall compelling, fails to take us anywhere coherent in the end. We get it. He's having a midlife crisis. It's been happening to men (gay and straight) since God was a boy. So? The film lacks a clear emotional through line and ultimately leaves the viewer dissatisfied. A shame really - because there is a potentially interesting story to be told about society's obsession with having children and how oppressive it can be to those who don't want any. A lost opportunity in a beautiful package.

Interesting how the storyline developed. The acting is good by all characters. There were a few unanswered questions but this was a movie where your imagination had the answers. The movie is basically about one person's introspective of relationships and themselves after 15 years. Not a cut and dry ending - some movies don't need to have one. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Only wished the female character had more scenes - she was so interesting.

The film limps along using a script with minimal dialog, most of which is pointless and improvised. Character development never occurs and events pass without any explanation. It's as if the writer were telling a story that only he alone could understand. This is sad because if the theme were better fleshed out, and the script better written, the movie could have been so much more than what it was!

Breaking Glass Pictures (a globally-connected media company that focuses on finding cutting edge independent films in every genre from around the world) brings to DVD/VOD on 4/28/20 this LGBT film about two Israeli men, the young Dan (Udi Persi) ready for the next step in their relationship and the mature alpha partner Yoav ( Oded Leopold) who can't get over his past family and settling down demons. With most male gay themed films requiring a good female friend, the beautiful Ruti Asarsai (Alma) does a nice job working amongst the guys. Unfortunately, it is her pregnancy (from someone) that turns Yoav against Dan and all of their relationships. While the story is plausible, the English subtitles move way too fast, and director/writer Yuval Hadadi falls victim to wearing too many hats. He continually presents numerous scenes where absolutely nothing happens and/or is said, Yoav's character isn't explained clearly enough to make the viewer want to care about him, and Alma's pregnancy is quickly pushed to the backstory. The film runs 1 1/2 hours, but felt like "15 YEARS".

Interesting film though there are many questions you have to ask yourself during as you just do not know and somehow I felt the need to know some answers.

If nothing, both male figures are hot. So that is a plus :)