
In the Name of...(2013)
The contemporary story of a priest who launches a centre for troubled youth in a small parish. He is a good priest and is well-liked by his congregation, which remains unaware of his complicated past.


“My beloved Boaz...”
Tel Aviv, Summer 1989. Boaz, a beautiful and alluring linguistics student, receives anonymous, male written love letters, that undermine his sexual identity and interfere on his peaceful life with his beloved girlfriend.

Yoav Reuveni
Boaz

Moran Rosenblatt
Noa
Yariv Mozer
Prof. Richlin
Yehuda Nahari
Nir
Hava Ortman
Ruth
Eyal Cohen
The mechanic
Eran Lev
Army soldier

Lior Soroka
Student at the library
Eyal Kentov
Guy at the pool
Adi Douiev
Michal
Snails in the Rain is a drama film released in 2013 exploring themes of sexual identity, based on novel or book, in the closet, based on short story, homoeroticism, lgbt. Directed by Yariv Mozer, it stars Yoav Reuveni, Moran Rosenblatt, Yariv Mozer. Tel Aviv, Summer 1989. Boaz, a beautiful and alluring linguistics student, receives anonymous, male written love letters, that undermine his sexual identity and interfere on his peaceful life with his beloved girlfriend.
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