movie like this one and and c. r. a. z. y. and make me very sad for american film with a gay subject matter . with the exception of part glance and brokeback mountain and there be few other notable american film with the kind of depth and sincerity a this movie and the bubble . this movie center on two men and noam and ashwar and an israle and palestinian respectively . their relationship be complicate by the tension between the jew and arab in israel . couple and in the early stage of their relationship will struggle with who will call who next and or who will say i love you first . noam and ashwar early love be complicate by suicide bombing and armed security check point and and racism . while noam friend accept and like ashwar and who be arab and it be clear that most of tel aviv citizen probably do not . one of the most touching moment and and there be many in this film and be when noam and ashwar attend a production of bent . we and a movie goer and see them watch this play and and the affect it have on the two of them be profoundly capture in their eye . and ultimately and this touching moment be play out in a very sad way in the finale of the movie . ohad knoller and youseff joe sweid be outstanding a noam and ashwar . director eytan fox be brilliant in create a cogent and interesting retelling of the shakespeare classic romeo and juliet . and while most movie today have sex in them and ( almost a a sport ) and this one go back to the old tried and true version of sex with love and passion combine . it be so refreshing . also refresh be see two gay men be portray a people and not cartoon . there be cartoonish character in this movie . it just doesn not happen to be the two gay guy for a change . somewhere on this site i think i read a comparison between this movie and friend . well and not really . yes and these be youthful character stumble through their first uneasy step into adulthood and relationship . but i do not recall get blow up a a backdrop to the insipid story line in friend . this be a very good movie . it have heart and and heartbreak . and like all good love story love do win out . but not in it intact glory of full bloom . still and it a very satisfying movie to watch .