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“The
Bubble, which
manages to
be effortlessly
breezy without
shortchanging
on
topicality,
epitomizes
[director]
Fox’s adroit
talent
for
juxtaposing
the personal
and the political.”
–
Jan Stuart,
Newsday |
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Set
in Tel Aviv, The Bubble
beams with youthful
optimism but also
with
the sobering
reality of life in
the Middle East. When
three roommates, Noam,
Lulu, and Yali, living
in Tel Aviv’s hippest
neighborhood try to
help one of their
own connect with a
Palestinian love interest,
they are unprepared
for how quickly the
safe bubble they’ve
been living in bursts.
Headstrong Lulu, works
in a bath products
boutique; flamboyant
Yali, manages a trendy
café; and brooding
music store clerk
Noam, spends his weekends
serving at checkpoints
in the National Guard. |
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When
Noam
meets
and
falls
in
love
with
a
Palestinian
man
named
Ashraf,
he
and
his
friends
conspire
to
help
Ashraf
stay
in
Tel
Aviv
illegally.
But
the
political
and
social
realities
of
the
Middle
East
threaten
to
shatter
their
carefully
constructed
utopia.
The
Bubble
is
directed
by
Eytan
Fox
(Yossi & Jaggerand
Walk
On
Water). |
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