一段跨界之爱,照亮两个年轻的生命。青涩的巴勒斯坦大学生尼莫(尼古拉斯·雅各布 Nicholas Jacob 饰)暗中潜入以色列,在特拉维夫的同志酒吧邂逅了帅气逼人的律师罗伊(迈克尔·阿洛尼 Michael Aloni 饰)。当尼莫取得学生签证可以合法出入以色列后,他和罗伊迅速陷入一段难以自拔的热恋中。然 而随着感情升温,阻力也随之而来。对尼莫来说,巴勒斯坦不耻他的性取向,以色列不承认他的身份;由于有一个激进暴力的哥哥,他更被以色列特工部门列入黑名单,签证也因此被吊销。罗伊倾尽所能为尼莫奔走,却遭到来自官方的恐吓;而尼莫的秘密也似乎被家人窥破,生命陷入空前危险中。这份暗夜中的爱情最终能否冲破阻碍、拥抱光明?
Facing a long winter of lockdown and combating a bad case of writer’s block, filmmaker Eric agrees to get a dog with his girlfriend Allie. A modern couple – vegan, ethical, millennial, neurotic – much research and negotiation leads to the arrival of Milly, a rescue from the Dominican Republic. This sets off a riotous chain of new challenges on how to best deal with this addition to the household. As Eric contends with a sinister dog-training programme, his introspection spills out onto his film work, with poor Allie and Milly taken along for the ride. The couple each pursue their own deepheld individual questions surrounding trust, purpose and roots, while wrestling with the idea of what it means to be a modern family. Milly, in the meantime, has a lot on her paws with these two!
Part rom-com, part rescue-dog story, part autofiction, part self-indictment, part family scrapbook, this debut feature was made with remarkable economy and displays a disquieting amount of (often hilarious) emotional authenticity. Filmmaker Ben Petrie and creative collaborator Grace Glowicki play the young couple and in doing so, capture nothing less than what it means to be human.