 The Bubble
Starring: Ohad Knoller, Alon Friedman, Daniela Virtzer, Yousef 'Joe' Sweid, Miki Kam, Shredi Jabarin, Lior Ashkenazi Zion Barouch, Oded Leopold, Dorin Munir, Zohar Liba, Yael Zafrir, Yotam Ishay, Avital Barak
Directed by: Eytan Fox
Screenplay by: Eytan Fox, Gal Uchowski
Release Date: September 7, 2007
MPAA Rating: R for some language.
Studio: Strand Releasing
 Domestic: $157,121 (15.3%)
Foreign: $867,974 (84.7%)
Total: $1,025,095 (Worldwide)
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 Three young Israelis, two guys and a girl, share an apartment in Tel Aviv’s hippest neighborhood. As they try to put aside political conflicts and focus on their lives and loves, these progressive 20-somethings are often accused of living in an escapist “bubble”. Among them are three young Israeli flatmates: headstrong Lulu, who works in a bath products boutique, flamboyant Yali, who manages a trendy café, and brooding music store clerk Noam, who spends his weekends serving in the National Guard at checkpoints.
When Noam meets and falls in love with a young Palestinian man named Ashraf, the young Israelis decide to help Ashraf stay on in Tel Aviv illegally. They dress him in modern Israeli garb, give him a Hebrew name and put him to work in Yali's café. They all decide to celebrate their peaceful coexistence at a beach party calling for an end to the occupation of Palestinian territories. But the young people's utopia is shattered by the political and social realities of the Middle East.
Featuring songs by Ivri Lider (The Man I Love, Song to a Siren), Bright Eyes (First Day of My Life), Belle & Sebastian (Woman’s Realm), Keren Ann (Chelsea Burns, Sit in the Sun), Lloyd Cole (Music in a Foreign Language, On My Other Life), Nada Surf (Always Love), Tom McRae (Second Law), Le Tigre (On the Verge), Bebel Gilberto (All Around, Cada Beijo, Aganju), Acid House Kings (Tonight Is Forever), Palestinian Radio and Television Orchestra (Yahala).
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