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Antarctica (2008) -- In two days, Omer will hit a milestone; his 30th birthday. Like many his age, he hasn't found himself...

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6.9/10   85 votes
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Director:
Yair Hochner
Writer:
Yair Hochner (writer)
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Release Date:
28 November 2008 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
In two days, Omer will hit a milestone; his 30th birthday. Like many his age, he hasn't found himself... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Muddled Gay-sibs Story's Silly
 (From New York Post. 27 November 2008, 10:38 PM, PST)

Review | Close Encounters: Yair Hochner's "Antarctica"
 (From indieWIRE - Movies. 14 November 2008, 8:13 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Tomer Ilan (as Omer) saves the day more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ofer Regirer ... Boaz
Guy Zoaretz ... Ronen (as Guy Zo-Aretz)
Yuval Raz ... Miki
Yiftach Mizrahi ... Danny
Oshri Sahar ... Eitan
Tomer Ilan ... Omer
Lucy Dubinchik ... Shirley
Yael Deckelbaum ... Yael
Liat Ekta ... Michal (as Liat Akta)
Shirli Salomon ... Shirli (as Shirli Solomon)
Noam Huberman ... Shoshana / Amram (as Miss Laila Carry)
Rivka Neuman ... Matilda Rose
Dvir Benedek ... Tzachy
Dina Limon ... Mrs. Abramovich
Tamar Yerushalmi ... Suzi the hairdresser
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexual content including graphic dialogue, nudity and language.
Runtime:
112 min
Country:
Israel
Language:
Hebrew | English | German
Color:
Color
Certification:
USA:R | New Zealand:R18
Filming Locations:
Tel Aviv, Israel

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Tomer Ilan (as Omer) saves the day, 3 April 2009
8/10
Author: pinkas-2 from United Kingdom

In 'Antarctica', director Yair Hochner tries to create a film in the same style Milos Forman used many times: an array of characters, seem to be unconnected; and then towards the end of the film they all come together somehow.

Well, Films like that can be very good if you direct them with refinement and intelligence; and you have a great script and cast to match.

This can only partially be said on 'Antarctica'. It is in a way interesting to watch the behaviour of young gay men & women in a country like Israel; We do not see much of that. But then you find they sort of behave in the same way as they would in another western country; This story could have taken place in Rome or Madrid or Amsterdam. Apart from the fact the characters spoke Hebrew, I could not find any special Israeli angle that would make this feature worth seeing even more.

So we are left with just the story proper.

I do tend to agree some scenes were too long - the bar scenes for example - and some too short. Some characters were developed more then others; and only towards half way you actually discover who in fact is the lead character..which I found puzzling.

I would have preferred the film concentrating on Omer (the lead) as for me he was the most intriguing character, and less on his sister for example; or the guy from the first act in the film, which eventually had very little to do with the plot, except the fact most male characters went through his bed. And for the life of me I could not understand why they used a man to portray Omer's mom?

But this film is still worth watching if only to discover the lead actor, Tomer Ilan. This young man had obviously a lot of talent; he sparkles intelligence and that even makes him more good looking then he already is. Great actor casting, and I hope we will see more of him.

The rest of the cast is quite good, although they was no need for brilliant acting in this film.

To summarise: great little film to watch on your DVD player on a cold evening off.

8 of 10 from me.

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