Out in the Dark (2012)

A drama centered on the love affair between two men on opposite sides of the Mid-East conflict: Palestinian student Nimer and Roy, an Israeli lawyer.

Director:

Michael Mayer

Writers:

Yael Shafrir (co-writer), Michael Mayer (co-writer)

Stars:

Nicholas Jacob, Michael Aloni, Jameel Khoury

19 wins & 22 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nicholas Jacob	...	Nimer Mashrawi
Michael Aloni	...	Roy Schaffer
Jameel Khoury	...	Nabil Mashrawi (as Jameel Khouri)
Alon Pdut	...	Gil
Loai Nofi	...	Mustafa N'amna (as Loai Noufi)
Khawlah Hag-Debsy	...	Hiam Mashrawi (as Khawlah Haj)
Maysa Daw	...	Abir Mashrawi
Shimon Mimran	...	Daniel
Moris Cohen	...	Shabak 1 (as Morris Cohen)
Tal Elimelech	...	Shabak 2
Majd Bitar	...	Bashar
Alon Oleartchik	...	Eitan Schaffer
Chelli Goldenberg	...	Rina Schaffer (as Cheli Goldenberg)
Huda Al Imam	...	Psychologist
Tony Haddad	...	Social Worker

Storyline

Nimer and Roy are two gay men on opposing sides of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict who fall for each other. Much as they'd like to be left alone, both political conflict and orthodox beliefs will not leave their budding relationship untouched, with most of the egregious circumstances befalling Nimer, whom security forces pressure into helping them by stripping his access to education and threatening to leave him without family. Through his eye-witnessed death of a friend, Nimer knows he can't oblige. Can love find a way through this no-win situation?

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Plot Keywords:

gay | student | lawyer | palestinian | fugitive | 

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Taglines:

Love knows no borders.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

First film role for Nicholas Jacob, who portrays Nimer (Nimr on the subtitles) Mashrawi.

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Goofs

The credits spell Roy's last name as "Schaffer" but the business card he passes Nimer says "Sheffer."

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Quotes

Eitan Schaffer: You can't forget where you live.
Roy Schaffer: What are you trying to say?
Eitan Schaffer: You know the kind of cases we handle at the firm.
Roy Schaffer: Are you worried about the firm?
Eitan Schaffer: I'm worried about you, Roy.

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Crazy Credits

"London and Kirshenbaum" clip courtesy of Channel 10 News flash courtesy of Channel 2 News

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Connections

Featured in Hands Untied: Looking for Gay Israeli Cinema (2014)

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Soundtracks

Car Music
Written and Performed by Uri Brauner Kinrot (as Uri Brauner Kinrot.)

User Reviews

The Touching Love story

First of All the line story is clear and easy to find out how, the romance, yep dont ever ask why this is good because its a romance movie. the music is good with a little thriller sound here and made me loud noisely to when the nimr in the runaway.

the character is really smooth just like they really have their story for real, this is I call the romantic movie I ever seen beside the truth is this movie were gay movie. i really dont care but I feel love here, I cried when there were fight for their love and I really thinks and grateful that I was born here in my country with freedom.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Israel USA Germany

Language:

Hebrew Arabic English

Release Date:

27 September 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Out in the Dark

Filming Locations:

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$14,067, 29 September 2013

Gross USA:

$26,966

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$66,017

Company Credits

Production Co:

M7200 Productions, Channel 10, Israel Film Fund

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1