The Invisible Men

2012

Action / Documentary / Drama

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 22% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 22%
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 258 258

Plot summary

An untold side of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: gay Palestinians - Louie, Abdu and Fares - are hiding in Tel Aviv, and until they escape, they must remain 'the invisible men'.

Director

Yariv Mozer Photo
Yariv Mozer

Top cast

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622.24 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
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25 fps
1 hr 7 min
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1.13 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
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25 fps
1 hr 7 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by laduqesa 6 / 10

Victims

It's heads I win, tails you lose for gay Palestinians in either the illusive security of Israel or in the closet in Occupied Palestine. As one of the three interviewees found out, being gay as a Palestinian in Israel might mean you're a spy. There have been dozens of cases of gay Palestinians being caught and blackmailed by Shin Bet to spy, or worse, for the Zionists.The hypocrisy of the Palestinian side is barely better. Despite there being no laws against gay sex in the West Bank, societal disapproval is ubiquitous. And that's in a society where man on man action is far more common than in the West - as long as no one finds out.The three lads cut tragic figures. With no place in their own country they have to live in one that denies their existence. Although I'm sure it wasn't meant to, this documentary shines a glaring light on the contradictions of Israeli society and exposed its Gay Pride and supposed liberalism as fake and a sham. Indifference to the suffering of these guys means that Israel's projection of itself as a beacon is false and pinkwashing, pure and simple.
Reviewed by gabriel-nmsu 10 / 10

A sensitive documentary that deserves to be seen.

Yariv Mozer was willing to go against Israeli law in interviewing his subjects; on the other hand, his contracts with them required that they be in a safe situation in order for their faces to be shown. To get an idea of just how dangerous it is go be gay in the West Bank, the interviewees were unwilling to give the names of men they had been involved with, even one who was dead! We are permitted to see how NGO's are able to achieve the impossible in getting around inter/national laws and customs in finding safe havens for these men, but also to see how much it costs the men to make the transition.
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