Good Boys
Produktbeschreibung
Der 17-jährige Meni liebt moderne Kleider, er hat eine eigene Wohnung und ist von den schönen Dingen des Lebens durchaus angetan. Seinen Lebensunterhalt finanziert er sich selbstbewusst als Callboy. Eines Abends bestellt ihn ein Kunde zusammen mit einem anderen Stricher, Tal, zu sich nach Hause, um beide beim Sex zu beobachten. Dabei funkt es zwischen den Jungs unerwartet. Sie verbringen auch den Rest der Nacht zusammen und versprechen am Morgen, sich wieder zu treffen - doch ihr Alltag als Stricher erschwert das erneute Zusammenkommen.
Bonusmaterial:
Bildergalerie
Der Alltag eines jungen Strichers in Israel, der seiner desillusionierenden Arbeit nachgeht, Wärme bei seiner transsexuellen Wahl-Mutter findet und sich in einen Kollegen verliebt, der von einem Polizisten misshandelt wird. Der schonungslose No-Budget-Film beschreibt eine schäbige Realität und spricht von der israelischen Gesellschaft tabuisierte Themen an. Dabei verstört er mit zahlreichen brutalen Sex- und Vergewaltigungsszenen, ohne hinter die Oberfläche seiner Figuren vorzudringen und sie als Individuen Kontur gewinnen zu lassen.
Good Boys - Yeladim Tovim - Yair Hochner
Winner of Jury Grand Prize -Feature Film image+nation International LGBT Film Festival, 2006 Montreal, Canada.
Winner of OUTstanding Emerging Talent Award Outfest 2005 - Los Angeles.
Winner of the Showtime Vanguard Award
Rating: NR
Genre: Art House & International, Documentary, Drama
Directed By: Yair Hochner
In Theaters: Jun 3, 2005 wide
On Disc/Streaming: May 15, 2007
Runtime: 75 minutes
Screened with English subtitles. 75 minutes.
Suitable only for persons of 18 years and over.
17-year-old Meni wears only the most fashionable clothes, interested in music, loves the cinema and works as a rent boy. He had a baby from Mika, a young drug addict prostitute. He has an adoptive mother who is also a trans-gender prostitute and clients that contact him on his cell-phone. One night he meets Tal, also a hustler and they decide to spend the night together. During that night their lives get a new meaning, but can the little hope change the life they are used to from early age? In the morning they decide to meet later at the club. Until the awaited meeting, both of them will have to deal with their weary routine of clients, marginalized people and unexpected events.
17-year-old Meni wears only the most fashionable clothes, interested in music, loves the cinema and works as a rent boy. He had a baby from Mika, a young drug addict prostitute. He has an adoptive mother who is also a trans-gender prostitute and clients that contact him on his cell-phone.
One night he meets Tal, also a hustler and they decide to spend the night together. During that night their lives get a new meaning, but can the little hope change the life they are used to from early age?
In the morning they decide to meet later at the club. Until the awaited meeting, both of them will have to deal with their weary routine of clients, marginalized people and unexpected events.
Daniel Efrat, Yuval Raz
Painting by Rafi Perez
"With candor and documentary simplicity, writer-director Yair Hochner conveys the danger and loneliness of the urban sexual underworld and the fragile bonds that develop among people who can express anything but love." Albert Williams, Chicago Reader
"Yair Hochner captures the grittiness of these young, vulnerable lives in a film that is surprisingly raw (especially for an Israeli film) and even a bit erotic" - Gary M. Kramer, Philadelphia Gay News
"Hochner wisely offers hope in lieu of resolution, overcoming the limitations of his amateur video look" Shaun Brady, City Paper, Philadelphia
"Good boys" is rigorous intense film. The word 'excruciating' fails in comparison to the events presented in it. It is almost as if the dirty aesthetics, the unbearably tormented stories and the excellent acting come together to push the audience down to the gutters it portrays while instilling a hopeless wish for the sun to shine on the protagonists.
Aharon Kashles , "Globes" Magazine
Good boys succeeds where other, far more costly films often fail - creating a credible, valid and moving world.
Liat Simon - Kids: Yair Hochner's Good Boys -
Contemporary Israeli Gay cinema between Amos Guttman and Eitan Fox.
"Maarvon" - New Israeli Fim Magazine
"Good Boys is the great surprise of Israeli cinema this year"
Review of Israeli films, Rita Koren, Israel Broadcast Association
"'Good Boys' is a courageous piece of filmmaking, a remarkable personal project that does exactly what an independent movie should do: not be a mainstream movie and please everybody, and not appeal to the general taste. I value the honesty and dedication that were put into this film..."
- Yair Ravee, "Pnai Plus"
"'Good Boys' is a film that you cannot ignore and the shivering you feel while watching it will remind you" - Dvorit Shargal - "Rating"
"'My Own Private Idaho' in Tel Aviv...An impressive piece that succeeds thrilling and touching the audience. Excellent!!" - Avner Shavit, "Ha-ir"
"Loved its humanity, the Tel Aviv Cinematheque did well to screen it" – Amir Kaminer, "Yediot Aharonot"
"Gila Goldstein in a strong and heart-rending guest appearance" - Ina Michaeli, "Achbar Ha-ir"
"Succeeds in conveying authentically and horrifyingly the feelings of alienation and loneliness of two young male prostitutes" - Rita Koren, Israel Broadcast Association
"This Israeli indie film achievement - its daring. " - Meir Shnitzer, Maariv
"Personal and interesting cinema" - Iris Lakner, iwoman
Der 17-jährige Meni liebt moderne Kleider, er hat eine eigene Wohnung und ist von den schönen Dingen des Lebens durchaus angetan. Seinen Lebensunterhalt finanziert er sich selbstbewusst als Callboy. Eines Abends bestellt ihn ein Kunde zusammen mit einem anderen Stricher, Tal, zu sich nach Hause, um beide beim Sex zu beobachten. Dabei funkt es zwischen den Jungs unerwartet. Sie verbringen auch den Rest der Nacht zusammen und versprechen am Morgen, sich wieder zu treffen - doch ihr Alltag als Stricher erschwert das erneute Zusammenkommen.
Bonusmaterial:
Bildergalerie
Der Alltag eines jungen Strichers in Israel, der seiner desillusionierenden Arbeit nachgeht, Wärme bei seiner transsexuellen Wahl-Mutter findet und sich in einen Kollegen verliebt, der von einem Polizisten misshandelt wird. Der schonungslose No-Budget-Film beschreibt eine schäbige Realität und spricht von der israelischen Gesellschaft tabuisierte Themen an. Dabei verstört er mit zahlreichen brutalen Sex- und Vergewaltigungsszenen, ohne hinter die Oberfläche seiner Figuren vorzudringen und sie als Individuen Kontur gewinnen zu lassen.
Good Boys - Yeladim Tovim - Yair Hochner
Winner of Jury Grand Prize -Feature Film image+nation International LGBT Film Festival, 2006 Montreal, Canada.
Winner of OUTstanding Emerging Talent Award Outfest 2005 - Los Angeles.
Winner of the Showtime Vanguard Award
Rating: NR
Genre: Art House & International, Documentary, Drama
Directed By: Yair Hochner
In Theaters: Jun 3, 2005 wide
On Disc/Streaming: May 15, 2007
Runtime: 75 minutes
Screened with English subtitles. 75 minutes.
Suitable only for persons of 18 years and over.
17-year-old Meni wears only the most fashionable clothes, interested in music, loves the cinema and works as a rent boy. He had a baby from Mika, a young drug addict prostitute. He has an adoptive mother who is also a trans-gender prostitute and clients that contact him on his cell-phone. One night he meets Tal, also a hustler and they decide to spend the night together. During that night their lives get a new meaning, but can the little hope change the life they are used to from early age? In the morning they decide to meet later at the club. Until the awaited meeting, both of them will have to deal with their weary routine of clients, marginalized people and unexpected events.
17-year-old Meni wears only the most fashionable clothes, interested in music, loves the cinema and works as a rent boy. He had a baby from Mika, a young drug addict prostitute. He has an adoptive mother who is also a trans-gender prostitute and clients that contact him on his cell-phone.
One night he meets Tal, also a hustler and they decide to spend the night together. During that night their lives get a new meaning, but can the little hope change the life they are used to from early age?
In the morning they decide to meet later at the club. Until the awaited meeting, both of them will have to deal with their weary routine of clients, marginalized people and unexpected events.
Daniel Efrat, Yuval Raz
Painting by Rafi Perez
"With candor and documentary simplicity, writer-director Yair Hochner conveys the danger and loneliness of the urban sexual underworld and the fragile bonds that develop among people who can express anything but love." Albert Williams, Chicago Reader
"Yair Hochner captures the grittiness of these young, vulnerable lives in a film that is surprisingly raw (especially for an Israeli film) and even a bit erotic" - Gary M. Kramer, Philadelphia Gay News
"Hochner wisely offers hope in lieu of resolution, overcoming the limitations of his amateur video look" Shaun Brady, City Paper, Philadelphia
"Good boys" is rigorous intense film. The word 'excruciating' fails in comparison to the events presented in it. It is almost as if the dirty aesthetics, the unbearably tormented stories and the excellent acting come together to push the audience down to the gutters it portrays while instilling a hopeless wish for the sun to shine on the protagonists.
Aharon Kashles , "Globes" Magazine
Good boys succeeds where other, far more costly films often fail - creating a credible, valid and moving world.
Liat Simon - Kids: Yair Hochner's Good Boys -
Contemporary Israeli Gay cinema between Amos Guttman and Eitan Fox.
"Maarvon" - New Israeli Fim Magazine
"Good Boys is the great surprise of Israeli cinema this year"
Review of Israeli films, Rita Koren, Israel Broadcast Association
"'Good Boys' is a courageous piece of filmmaking, a remarkable personal project that does exactly what an independent movie should do: not be a mainstream movie and please everybody, and not appeal to the general taste. I value the honesty and dedication that were put into this film..."
- Yair Ravee, "Pnai Plus"
"'Good Boys' is a film that you cannot ignore and the shivering you feel while watching it will remind you" - Dvorit Shargal - "Rating"
"'My Own Private Idaho' in Tel Aviv...An impressive piece that succeeds thrilling and touching the audience. Excellent!!" - Avner Shavit, "Ha-ir"
"Loved its humanity, the Tel Aviv Cinematheque did well to screen it" – Amir Kaminer, "Yediot Aharonot"
"Gila Goldstein in a strong and heart-rending guest appearance" - Ina Michaeli, "Achbar Ha-ir"
"Succeeds in conveying authentically and horrifyingly the feelings of alienation and loneliness of two young male prostitutes" - Rita Koren, Israel Broadcast Association
"This Israeli indie film achievement - its daring. " - Meir Shnitzer, Maariv
"Personal and interesting cinema" - Iris Lakner, iwoman