简介：Saarhasneverfulfilledhisparents’expectations.Eversincehedefiedtherulesofhiskibbutzandwasbarredfromthesettlementcommunityseventeenyearsago,asfarashisfamilyisconcerned,hesimplydoesnotexist.HeleftIsraeltolivefreelyasagaymaninLondon.Whenathree-yearrelationshipended,hethrewhimselfintoanexcessofsexanddrugsuntilhewasdiagnosedwithHIVandwasforcedtorethinkhislife.HehasfinallyfoundahomesingingintheLondonGayMen’sChoruswheremusicisgivinghimthecourageforareunionwithhisfamily. Thisfilmprovidesasensitive,humorousandcharmingrecordofhowthenowforty-year-oldprotagonistandhisestrangedparentsandsiblingssetofftoconfronttheirdisagreementsandfears.Unexpectedwarmthanddeeprejectionbecomeequallychallenging.Incidentally,Saar’sintenselypersonalstoryalsoilluminatesthefascinatingdiversityofacommunalwayoflifethatispervadedbycultureandreligion;healsoinspiresuswiththesincerityofhissearchforhisidentity.Thefilm’snumerousenergeticandemotionalchoralsceneslendpassionateexpressiontohismessage.berlinale2016…