- Yossi & Jagger
Infobox Film
name = Yossi & Jagger
image_size = 215
caption =
director =Eytan Fox
producer =Amir Harel Gal Uchovsky
writer =Avner Bernheimer
narrator =
starring =Ohad Knoller Yehuda Levi Assi Cohen Aya Koren
music =Ivri Lider
cinematography =Yaron Scharf
editing =Yosef Grunfeld
distributor =Strand Releasing
released = flagicon|IsraelAugust 1 2002
flagicon|GermanyFebruary 10 2003
flagicon|UKApril 6 2003
flagicon|USAMay 18 2003
flagicon|SpainJuly 8 2005
runtime = 67 minutes
country = flag|Israel
language = Hebrew
budget =
gross =
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followed_by =
website = http://www.yossiandjagger.com
amg_id = 1:281704
imdb_id = 0334754"Yossi & Jagger" ( _he. יוסי וג'אגר) is a
2002 Israel iromantic drama film directed byEytan Fox about soldiers at the Israel –Lebanon border who try to find some peace and solace from the daily routine of war.Plot
Yossi (
Ohad Knoller ) commands a troop of soldiers in the snow-covered mountains near Lebanon. In secrecy, he leads a passionate romantic relationship with his second-in-command officer, Lior (Yehuda Levi ), who is called Jagger by everyone for his rock star-like handsomeness. One day, a colonel (Sharon Raginiano ) arrives at the base with two female soldiers, one of whom he immediately sleeps with in the bunker. The other one, Yaeli (Aya Koren , credited as Aya Steinovitz), is very interested in Jagger, while she refuses the sexual advances of Ofir (Assi Cohen ), who tries to make clear to her that Jagger is not particularly interested in her.The colonel is there to supervise a night-time ambush, of which Yossi is resentful because of the full moon, and also because he fears for his soldiers' safety. And indeed Jagger is fatally injured that night, dying in the arms of his lover, who only now is able to articulate his love for him.
At the funeral reception at Jagger's parents' house, Jagger's mother mistakes Yaeli for his girlfriend. She laments that she knew very little about her son, including his favorite song, which only Yossi is able to tell her.
Cast
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Ohad Knoller as Yossi
*Yehuda Levi as Lior Amichai 'Jagger'
*Assi Cohen as Ophir
*Aya Steinovitz as Yaeli
*Hani Furstenberg as Goldie
*Sharon Raginiano as The Colonel
*Yuval Semo as Psycho
*Yaniv Moyal as Samoncha
*Hanan Savyon as Adams
*Erez Kahana as Yaniv the Cook
*Shmulik Bernheimer as Shmuel 'Shmulik' Amichai
*Yael Pearl as Varda AmichaiAnalysis
The film did not receive production assistance from the Israeli army but proved to be popular in Israel and got official army showings later.
ee also
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List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films External links
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* [http://www.yossiandjagger.com Official site]
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