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Yossi, a closeted gay doctor, has his quiet world turned upside down when a woman from his past shows up. Their emotionally charged reunion causes Yossi to leave Tel Aviv and he finally wants to awaken from his emotional slumber.
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Smart, moving, and deeply empathetic, Yossi is a thoughtful examination of love and grief.

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Linda Barnard Toronto Star Knoller is wonderful as the emotionally cut-off, yet vulnerable Yossi, who yearns for something more from life, but feels both terror at the prospect and unworthiness to claim it. Rated: 3/4 Mar 22, 2013 Full Review Rick Groen Globe and Mail Yossi is an early spring breeze of a film - too delicate to be substantial but definitely holding the promise of warmth. Rated: 3/4 Mar 22, 2013 Full Review Ignatiy Vishnevetsky Chicago Sun-Times It's serious about its characters and their emotions, but still finds room for humor. Rated: 3/4 Mar 8, 2013 Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Quiet and unassuming, Eytan Fox gives us a rather simple narrative about the ever changing difficulties of being gay. Aug 7, 2019 Full Review Daniel Green CineVue A sensitive and emotive portrayal of one ageing individual's journey back from the depths of grief and despair. Rated: 3/5 Feb 6, 2019 Full Review Steve Erickson Metro The film ends on a moving, achingly ambiguous note, with Yossi getting more emotionally mature but not yet completely out of the woods. Feb 21, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Heartwarming, yet so profoundly sad. Believable. Firth & Tucci ... Great pair. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review walter m Dr. Yossi Gutmann(Ohad Knoller) is a cardiologist in Israel who spends most of his free time watching television and masturbating to gay porn. So, when his soon-to-be-divorced friend Moti(Lior Ashkenazi) suggests he get out more, Yossi accepts Nina's(Ola Schur-Selektar) invitation for the theatre. And then Yossi gets a new patient, Varda(Orly Silbersatz), who is also the mother of his former lover, now dead ten years. As thoughtful and sensitive as "Yossi" is when it comes to observing the long term grieving process, it also proves that sometimes too much understatement can actually work against a movie, too. That's not to mention one of the central plot points is a little too convenient for words.(Although, maybe as one character points out, there really are very few good cardiologists in Israel.) On the plus side, the movie ends on a high note, ten minutes before it would have become completely unbearable. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member " Smart, moving, and deeply empathetic, Yossi is a thoughtful examination of love and grief. " Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member I wouldn't watch it if you're depressed! Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Supposedly takes place 10 years after Jagger died tragically on the battlefield. Yossi has certainly put on weight! Here he encounters Jagger's parents, and later on an outgoing young lad named Tom. Great to see Tel Aviv, the Negev desert highway and Eilat again. I kinda enjoyed Eytan Fox's short film 'Time Out' more (which was among the dvd's extras) Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member gorgeous little Isreali homo flick. Tenderly explores the complexity of looking for love in the aftermath of tragedy and the presence homopobia (external and internal). also the difference towards the attitude in self acceptance of being gay from a gen Y and gen X perspective. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Yossi, a closeted gay doctor, has his quiet world turned upside down when a woman from his past shows up. Their emotionally charged reunion causes Yossi to leave Tel Aviv and he finally wants to awaken from his emotional slumber.
Director
Eytan Fox
Producer
Moshe Edery, Amir Harel
Screenwriter
Itay Segal
Genre
Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language
Hebrew
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$116.2K
Runtime
1h 23m
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