100 Best Movies on Roku Channel Right Now

Name: Out in the Dark (2012)
Cast: Alon Pdut, Chelli Goldenberg, Huda Al Imam, Jameel Khoury

November 25, 2024

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81. Out in the Dark (2012)

5.0

Country

Israel

Director

Michael Mayer

Actors

Alon Pdut, Chelli Goldenberg, Huda Al Imam, Jameel Khoury

Moods

Depressing, Discussion-sparking, Romantic

Stories of forbidden love are captivating, because in the face of a lover, in the face of one’s opposite, one cannot help but be challenged, hopefully for the better. This is not what happened here. Out in the Dark is a film debut that takes this idea in the Middle East, with two gay lovers coming from Palestine and Israel. It’s an intriguing idea, and had it been more nuanced, Israeli director Michael Mayer would have created a daring first feature, but the film clearly comes from a limited Israeli perspective, with no Palestinians casted or working behind the scenes. While the film may be sympathetic to hypothetical LGBTQ+ people in Palestine, Out in the Dark doesn’t have the guts to question why they’ve been persecuted in the first place.