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Drama

Snails in the Rain

- My beloved Boaz...

Tel Aviv, Summer 1989. Boaz, a beautiful and alluring linguistics student, receives anonymous, male written love letters, that undermine his sexual identity and interfere on his peaceful life with his beloved girlfriend.

Release Date : 2013-06-20

Language :Hebrew

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Second Television & Radio AuthorityFishCorb FilmsMozer FilmsRabinovich Film Fund Cinema ProjectReshet BroadcastingRegal Entertainment

Production Country : Israel

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Yoav Reuveni

Character Name : Boaz

Original Name : Yoav Reuveni

Gender : Male

Moran Rosenblatt

Character Name : Noa

Original Name : Moran Rosenblatt

Gender : Female

Yariv Mozer

Character Name : Prof. Richlin

Original Name : Yariv Mozer

Gender : Male

Yehuda Nahari

Character Name : Nir

Original Name : Yehuda Nahari

Gender : Male

Hava Ortman

Character Name : Ruth

Original Name : Hava Ortman

Gender : Male

Eyal Cohen

Character Name : The mechanic

Original Name : Eyal Cohen

Gender : Male

Eran Lev

Character Name : Army soldier

Original Name : Eran Lev

Gender : Male

Lior Soroka

Character Name : Student at the library

Original Name : Lior Soroka

Gender : Male

Eyal Kentov

Character Name : Guy at the pool

Original Name : Eyal Kentov

Gender : Male

Adi Douiev

Character Name : Michal

Original Name : Adi Douiev

Gender : Male

Guy Lubelchik

Character Name : Yoni

Original Name : Guy Lubelchik

Gender : Male

Ori Yaniv

Character Name : Ori

Original Name : Ori Yaniv

Gender : Male

Itay Gonen

Character Name : Guy in the park

Original Name : Itay Gonen

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-08-29

"Boaz" (Yoav Reuveni) is the deliciously hunky boyfriend of "Noa" (Moran Rosenblatt) living an apparently happy life together. Not long into this rather pedestrian drama, though, we discover that he has a bit of PTSD from his time doing National Service in his native Israel, and that during that time he also had a bit of bi-curiosity. Back to current day, it seems that "Boaz" is having to wrestle more and more with his increasingly encroaching desires for men... What is fuelling this change? Well he is awaiting an important letter from university so is regularly checking his PO box. Contained within, though, are a series of love letters from an unknown male suitor who in the most benign and gentle of fashions commences to wreak havoc with this young man's relationship. For the most part this just muddles along, but there is one scene of sexual violence (towards his girlfriend) that I though not just unnecessary to the plot development, but it also rendered much of the ostensibly potent conclusion to the film seriously implausible. Indeed, by the end I found myself thinking that his attractiveness was entirely skin deep! There isn't really much dialogue to speak of, and the time-shifted narrative is all just a bit weak and feeble. The title doesn't do it much favours really, either and were it not for the fact that he an handsome fella to watch on screen - there are plenty of shower and sex scenes - I am not sure I would have bothered seeing it through.