Out in the Dark (Hebrew: עלטה) is a 2012 Israeli romantic drama film which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2012 and in Israel in the Haifa International Film Festival in October 2012. It is the directorial debut of Michael Mayer (מיכאל מאיר).
Nimer and Roy are two gay men on opposing sides of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict who fall for each other. Much as they’d like to be left alone, both political conflict and orthodox beliefs will not leave their budding relationship untouched, with most of the egregious circumstances befalling Nimer, whom security forces pressure into helping them by stripping his access to education and threatening to leave him without family. Through his eye-witnessed death of a friend, Nimer knows he can’t oblige. Can love find a way through this no-win situation? Written by statmanjeff
Director: Michael Mayer
Writers: Yael Shafrir (co-writer), Michael Mayer (co-writer)
Stars: Nicholas Jacob, Michael Aloni, Jameel Khoury
Release date:
- 7 September 2012 (TIFF)
- 28 February 2013 (Israel)
Running time: 96 minutes
Country: Israel | USA
Language: Hebrew | Arabic
Subtitle: English, Greek, Portuguese
