Anyone who is anyone is there, including Yoavi’s pretty younger fella Dan ( Udi Persi), various twinks and a gaggle of older queens, who are identifiable by their shaved heads and barbed whispers (enviously gossiping about Yoavi and Dan’s open relationship). His best friend is Alma ( Ruti Asarsai - in a film already chock full of The Blessed, honestly one of the most pulchritudinous women I’ve ever seen), a recognised artist whose most recent opening is central to the scene’s calendar. Our tragic hero, Yoavi ( Oded Leopold - like an even hunkier Yanis Varoufakis), plagued by recurring nightmares where he is chased by faceless assailants in the middle of the night, is central to his social group of beautiful people: mainly young gay men and a few other cool, artsy professionals.
Set within the gay mecca of modern Tel Aviv (surely one of the best looking and most exciting of the world’s gay scenes), Yuval Hadadi’s 15 Years establishes the smooth contours and stylish angles of its flamboyant context with immediacy.
