'Mozer Films' and 'LEV Pictures' present
in association with 'IKON' and 'yes Docu'
supported by 'The New Fun for Cinema and Television - Israel', 'The Other Israel Film Fund' and 'The Netherlands Film Fund'.
Every week, dozens of gay Palestinians manage to escape to Israel where they return to the closet, not as homosexuals, but as Palestinians.
For security reasons, Israel's policy remains to expel these men immediately back to the Occupied Territories, sending them to their certain death.
The Invisible Men
Hello.
What's up? I'm Abud. Everything okay?
I heard you're from Nablus. - Yeah.
From the city itself? - No, from the area.
Where? - Around there.
I don't like questions like that.
No, don't worry.
I'm your brother, Abud, from Ramallah.
I was in Amman when it all started, about 5-6 months ago.
Now, I'm back in Tel Aviv,
but I'm leaving the country in a week.
Yuval the lawyer told me about you, and so did Yariv,
and I want to meet you face to face first.
He told me you may not want to meet me.
I told him you're right, there is reason for concern.
Yeah, it's a bit...
You're telling me you have to be careful who you trust.
We have to keep ourselves safe, because our situation...
we have to be careful or we're dead.
We have reason to be frightened. - True.
We live our life in fear.
Sometimes we pray to die, but it passes.
So you keep going,
but eventually you just explode inside.
Yeah. "Enough." - Yeah.
Hi. How's it going, Louie?
Fine. - I'm Or.
Nice to meet you.
Have you ever been to a party at the Comfort?
No. - Everyone there is going to be Arab.
so if it's not too much trouble, take off that Star of David...
For your own sake! I have no problem with it.
They're all Arabs?
No, there will be Jews too, of course.
- See? My love...
I wanted to see you and get to know you,
but I'm not in the mood.
Come for the atmosphere, to see how Arabs party...
It's a shame to miss this opportunity.
I'm leaving in a week!
- I'll return when I want.
I even asked Yuval
and he said, "You can't come back."
I'm a little confused, I don't know what to do.
I can't live here for the rest of my life.
Either I go and return or I don't go at all.
You said you've been here for 8 years and you're still illegal.
You're wasting your time. - I've been here for 10 years.
Illegal for 10 years!
Every time they catch you, you get sent to court
and to jail. There's no justice.
To hell with them and their government.
I want to leave this place.
Take my advice.
Leave. You can't live here.
Do you remember the first time you met a man here in Tel Aviv?
Yes.
I loved him and... He disappeared, Went abroad.
What was his name?
His first name?
I really don't feel like saying his name.
His name was Guy.
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