Yossi & Jagger (2002)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Eytan Fox

Writer:

Avner Bernheimer (writer)

Release Date:

1 August 2002 (Israel)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | War

Tagline:

Love should never be a secret.

Plot:

Romance blooms between two soldiers (Knoller, Levi) stationed in an Israeli outpost on the Lebanese border.

Plot Keywords:

Israeli Army | Military | Snow | Gay Sex | Battle

Awards:

9 wins

Cast

Ohad Knoller	...	Yossi
Yehuda Levi	...	Lior Amichai 'Jagger'
Assi Cohen	...	Ophir
Aya Steinovitz	...	Yaeli
Hani Furstenberg	...	Goldie
Sharon Raginiano	...	The Colonel
Yuval Semo	...	Psycho
Yaniv Moyal	...	Samoncha
Hanan Savyon	...	Adams
Erez Kahana	...	Yaniv the Cook
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shmulik Bernheimer	...	Shmuel 'Shmulik' Amichai
Yael Pearl	...	Varda Amichai (as Yael Perl Becker)

Directed by
Eytan Fox

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Avner Bernheimer		writer

Produced by
Amir Harel	....	producer
Gal Uchovsky	....	producer

Original Music by
Ivri Lider

Cinematography by
Yaron Scharf

Film Editing by
Yosef Grunfeld

Casting by
Yael Aviv

Art Direction by
Amir Pick

Costume Design by
Natan Elkanovich

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shabtai Yitzhak	....	assistant director

Art Department
Benny Arbitman	....	props

Sound Department
Israel David	....	sound re-recording mixer
As Milo	....	sound (as Ashi Milo)
Ronen Nagel	....	sound
Gil Toren	....	sound

Music Department
Gal Uchovsky	....	musical advisor

Production Companies

• Israel Cable Programming (ICP)
• Lama Productions

Distributors

• 1More Film (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Divisa Home Video (2005) (Spain) (DVD)
• Grimace (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Metacinema
• Optimale (2005) (France) (DVD)
• Strand Releasing (2003) (USA)

Also Known As:

Yossi VeJager (Israel: Hebrew title)
Yossi and Jagger (International: English title) (informal title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexual content.

Runtime:

65 min | Israel:67 min

Country:

Israel

Language:

Hebrew

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15 | Portugal:M/12 | USA:Unrated | USA:R | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Netherlands:12 | Germany:12 | Brazil:14

Company:

Israel Cable Programming (ICP)

Goofs:

Continuity: When Ofir is listening to music with Yaeli in the bedroom, the CD display shows the number 2, while there's a music playing. A few moments later, the number on the display is 3, though the song is still the same.

Movie Connections:

References Stand by Me (1986)

Soundtrack:

Bo

Unbelievably, A Film that is too short!

There are so many things right with Yossi & Yagger and so many things wrong. The right things: a great idea for a film, some very good acting, totally un-Hollywood production values, engaging characters and an emotionally charged plot. The wrong things:it is far too short to fulfill all of its promise, handed-held camera techniques(Dogma style) are too intrusive and too jarring, and complex characters are introduced and left dangling.As it is, this rough sketch of love in the military is worth the watch (I was strongly affected by the relationship between these two men) but it seems as if this is the director's experimental cut: I wish I could see the finished product.