You know a movie is going to be a thrill ride when even the trailer gives you an adrenaline rush.
That’s definitely the case with Israeli director Nitzan Gilady’s upcoming film, In Bed, an erotic drama pulsing with sex, music, drugs, and danger.
Fair warning that this taboo-prodding feature isn’t going to be for everyone, and certainly not for the faint of heart. Taking place over one eventful day, In Bed opens at a gay Pride parade, where best friends Guy (Israel Ogalbo) and Joy (Moran Rosenblatt) are living it up.
Tragically, these opening moments of bliss are cut short by a shooting. Guy and Joy to run home to safety, where they feel compelled to continue celebrating—perhaps in defiance of the horrors they just witnessed.
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Guy invites a fellow survivor in, a man named Dan (Dean Miroshnikov) who is visible rattled, and encourages him to loosen up and party along with them.
But as the night wears on, paranoia begins to seep in, especially when the group hears that the shooter is still at large. Do we really know the people in our homes and in our beds?
In conversation with Variety, Gilady says the film is, in part, meant to provide an “unflinching look at the role recreational drugs play in gay party culture: In creating intimacy, distorting reality, and its dangerous effects.”
According to the filmmaker, this is a side of gay culture rarely depicted in entertainment, so he set out to explore it without stigma—instead focusing on this side of our culture “in a truthful way.”
Gilady continues: “Not in the sense of being realistic or documentary-like, but portraying, in an honest and visceral way, the feeling of being high, reaching for fantasy, the distortion of reality, and loss of control.”
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Earlier this fall, In Bed had its premiere at Israel’s TLVFest, where it picked up a Best Actor trophy for Ogalbo’s bracing lead performance, as a Best Soundtrack honor for the film’s high-energy score from prolific DJ and producer, Offer Nissim (who notably also produced Dana International’s “Diva,” which won the Eurovision Song Contest in ’98).
Now, as the film readies its Israeli theatrical release on December 29, distributor M-appeal has unveiled a new trailer the previews its singular, high-octane energy. International release details are yet to be announced but, for now, you can watch the teaser clip below:
Persian_Prince
Pinkwashing is an Israeli government propaganda strategy that cynically exploits LGBTQIA+ rights to project a progressive image while concealing Israel’s occupation and apartheid policies oppressing Palestinians.
I refuse to support anything LGBT+ coming from Israel, Human Rights comes first
spiralx
I rather doubt that. Especially given the abject nature of recent Israeli regimes.
Plus, the LGBTQ Israeli films I have seen mostly distinctively note the whole Gaza slum/East Jerusalem invasion/illegal settlements/occupied Golan Heights elements, as well as the extreme Orthodox problem facing Israel.
So I’ll be settling in to enjoy this latest offering. And hoping for many more, in the future.
feygele
And what about thé oppression of LGBT people and women by the Palestinians—ever heard of ‘honour’ murders ?
monty clift
You support the “human rights” of homophobes, but not the human rights of gay people?? F*ck off.
Man About Town
“ertoic thriller”? “Guy and Joy to run home to safety”? “who is visible rattled”?
Cammie has much to learn!
mattDq
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Kinkslola
shriveled gherkin alert
Tom M
It’s really disappointing, and frankly disgusting, that you would help promote anything from the New Apartheid State. Seriously, would you hve promoted things from Apartheid South Africa too ? I thought Queerty had higher standards. BDS !!
spiralx
You should spend more time actually watching these independent films.
They do anything but support separative ideas. Much as, during the Northern Ireland Troubles, gay men from both ‘sides’ quietly went on meeting and having relationships.
Tom M
@spiralx:
Nope !
The answer is Boycott, Sanction, Dvestment !
BDS !!
You dont coddle Apartheid, you isolate it and eliminate it.
Did Apartheid South Africa and Nelson Mendella teach you nothing ?
PRG-LA
How about BDS Russia, BDS Qatar and countless other countries. I’m sick and tired of seeing so much energy singling out Israel while you let so many other regimes around the world get away with horrible anti-gay laws (Russia), gay lynchings (Gaza) other killings, even “Don’t Say Gay” laws, looking at you Florida, so yes congrats to you Queerty, this is an LGBTQ site, and I approve your standards.
Chaz
Oh dear. Yawn! Please please tell me this is a good movie, and I mean genuinely good and doesn’t pander to the usual stereotypes and gay tropes. Cos it sure feels like it does. And please not the caveat “good”, you know the one where media outlets need to maintain access and keep on the good/correct side of movie studios “good” bs. I am so very tired of far to many gay movies and shows always focusing on the drugs scene and trolling out nonsense accusations of promiscuity in the gay society. Newsflash… it is no more or less in the straight world. Sure it exists and sure it happens and no it should not be ignored, but it is far from the majority and has been around for time immemorial.