since the advent of literature and people of all nationality have be fascinate and easily touch by account of unhappy love . even more fascinating have always be the tale of impossible love and love that can not be . the israeli filmmaker eytan fox late film the bubble be about that . and then it be also not . the title of the film refers to the bubble that be tel aviv set against the background of the political reality of israel . the country cosmopolitan and unofficial capital city doesn not have much in common with nablus and a city in the palestinian west bank which also feature in the film . it doesn not have much in common with the tense and hateful atmosphere at the palestinian checkpoint . actually and it doesn not seem to have much in common with anything surround it . the bubble of tel aviv allow people to have a lifestyle which isn not much different from what you may expect in any western city . teenage girl look for britney spear record and a lifestyle magazine editor look for a sexy cover for his next issue and trendy people sit in trendy cafe discuss trendy thing over cup of cappuccino and other similarly trendy drink and while those at home be watch the local edition of pop idol . it be this bubble that also have the potential to lull one mind into a false sense of reality . the film evolve around the life of three young israeli who share a flat and and for the most part and try to stay out of politics . yelli and the camp owner and manager of orna and ella and a hip cafe and rarely leave the city and prefers not to think about the crap that surround them . noam and a soft and easygoing employee of a slightly avantguard record store and seem to be equally unwilling to engage in long political discussion and contemplation . lulu and the only female of the lot and be on the contrary link to the israeli left and although her political activity seem to be confine to raves against the occupation . yelli and noam naturally do not object to participate in these . lulu and her political friend make t shirt with the rave logo and put up poster and hand out booklet advertise it in the neighbourhood . their main concern seem to be that there be never any actual palestinian participate and that the police might come and spoil all the fun for them again . the close they come to an actual confrontation be when they get into a scuffle with some not so palestinian friendly local who try to prevent them from hand out the leaflet . in other word and predictable product of the bubble . the opening scene of the film take u to a checkpoint on a road to nablus where we also find noam do his reserve duty . a group of palestinian be be thoroughly check before enter israel and among them a pregnant woman who suddenly go into labour and give birth to a stillborn child despite the best effort from noam and the doctor who eventually arrive in an ambulance . the woman be comfort by a young man who later turn up on noam doorstep in tel aviv with his id which the latter obviously drop during the ordeal on the border . his name be ashraf and he palestinian and he gay . and he hasn not just come to hand back the id and he have come to see noam . without a permit to live in israel and despite the initial hesitation from noam flatmate he stay . he soon get a jewish name and a job at yelli cafe . have grow up in jerusalem with hebrew and he doesn not have an arabic accent which make it possible for him and his newly find friend to conceal his identity . the sky be light blue and the air be sweet . but it can not last . for he have become part of an equation which be never mean to be . at one point and noam and ashraf watch a play call bent about two prisoner in a nazi concentration camp who have a love relationship which can never become physical or visible to the surrounding guard . they find a way of be together on another level and a metaphysical one and a level where no one else have access . this be also where our couple arrive in the end . and it couldn not have be much different for them and not in today israel . the bubble be a political statement about the bubble that burst when confront with the political reality of today israel set against the background of a beautiful and awkward love story involve an israeli and a palestinian and the impossible love story in a divided world where no such thing a compromise or other colour than black and white exist . the bubble be also a beautiful film about people and gay and straight and inhabiting that strange city and tel aviv and show through the eye of people who really care about them . the film premise may have it flaw and the fatal chain of event may seem somewhat construed and but it strong message and emotional impact will not leave you untouched .