Snails in the Rain
2013 · Movie · NR · 82 min · ★ 5.7 · 50% critics
In Tel Aviv during the summer of 1989, a linguistics student living with his girlfriend begins receiving anonymous love letters from a man. As the messages keep coming, they stir up old memories and doubts, pushing him to question his identity and putting strain on the relationship he thought was steady.
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Details
- Original title
- שבלולים בגשם
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-06-20
- Language
- HE
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 50/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 (44 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a low-key, intimate drama about desire and self-questioning, with some explicit scenes; Not for you if you dislike slow pacing or scenes of sexual violence, and it may appeal to fans of The Bubble.
Pros: intimate identity struggle; gentle love-letter hook; sensual moments | Cons: slow, meandering pace; thin dialogue; upsetting sexual violence
Themes
- sexual identity
- based on novel or book
- in the closet
- based on short story
- homoeroticism
- lgbt
- self-loathing
- gay theme
Cast & crew
Yoav Reuveni
as Boaz
Moran Rosenblatt
as Noa
- YM
Yariv Mozer
as Prof. Richlin
- YN
Yehuda Nahari
as Nir
- HO
Hava Ortman
as Ruth
- EC
Eyal Cohen
as The mechanic
- EL
Eran Lev
as Army soldier
Lior Soroka
as Student at the library
- EK
Eyal Kentov
as Guy at the pool
- AD
Adi Douiev
as Michal
Directed by Yariv Mozer