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Sorry.
-Shalom. -Hi, how are you?
-Welcome. -Thank you.
Please.
You think you can turn it down a little bit?
Thank you. Thank you.
Here we go.
Oh, we're here.
-Yeah. -Great.
Thank you very much and keep the change.
-Oh wow, thank you. -You're welcome.
-There you go. -Thank you.
Enjoy.
Oh, hello.
I'm not sure I have the... the right place.
This is apartment 6, isn't it?
Yeah...
Oh.
I'm Michael.
I'm... I'm subletting the apartment.
Yeah. Yes, no, but that's tomorrow.
You have the wrong day.
No, I don't, I don't think so.
Here.
Okay, so here it says the 8th.
Right.
And that's tomorrow, tomorrow is the 8th.
No, tomorrow is the 9th.
Today is the 8th.
-Today is the 8th? -Yeah.
Fuck. I was sure today's the 7th.
Come. Come, please come in.
-Are you sure? -Yeah, yeah.
I'm sorry about the mess.
I'm really sorry about the mess,
we were up all night shooting something for my class
and I didn't sleep for two days now
so I just forgot what day it is.
I was sure today is the 7th.
Just give me a few minutes and I will organize everything, okay?
I will make this place look good as new.
Excuse me.
Yeah?
Yeah, actually, I... I think it might be better
if I just book myself into a hotel.
No! Please, please, I'm almost finished.
-Five minutes. -No, no, thank you, but...
I think I'd be better off if I stayed at a hotel...
Listen, I promise, I...
Sorry, I have to answer, it's my mom
and she won't stop calling me if I don't answer, so...
Come. I will show you the house.
There are a lot of things.
Do you really wanna go to a hotel?
Look around you, this is like the coolest neighborhood ever.
You know there was even a...
an article in TimeOut London
about the sexiest neighborhoods in the world
and guess who won?
Please stay.
I'm sorry about my fuck-up,
but I promise you, this is a great apartment.
And...
I don't know how else to say it, but...
I really need the money.
Shit.
-Oh, hi. -Hi.
Hang on just a second.
I'm just trying to...
Who are you murdering over there?
Just trying to open a bottle of wine.
With a knife?
Couldn't find a corkscrew.
There we go.
Tried you earlier,
I was getting worried.
Oh yeah, sorry, my... my battery died.
Okay.
So how, how was your flight?
Did you get some sleep?
Not much.
Why didn't you take a pill?
I did. Two of them.
-Oh. -I've gotta get Berger
to give me something stronger when I get back.
I... thought he did.
I wish he had.
He said he'd think about raising the dose when I get back.
Okay.
So how's Tel Aviv?
Ah, I haven't seen that much of it.
It's kind of a strange mixture.
Not sure I can figure it out.
You always say that, and you always do by the fifth day.
I guess.
How's the apartment?
The apartment...
It's decent.
Decent?
It's okay, you know.
Well, why... why don't you show me around?
Ah, let's see...
Here we go.
There's the bathroom, you don't wanna go in there.
There's my desk.
Very low-hanging chandelier,
something like that.
And here is the living room,
you know, it's pretty standard.
Wait. What's, what's that on the wall?
That is "Nightmare on Elm Street."
Oh, part two!
"Freddy's Revenge."
Who hangs movie posters in their living room?
He's a kid.
I think he's a film student or something.
Ah, a room with a view.
Wouldn't go that far.
Just the other buildings,
here are the neighbors over there.
It's too dark to see anything
but it's actually a pretty cool location.
It was just chosen by TimeOut London
as one of the sexiest new neighborhoods in the world, so...
Well, TimeOut London makes mistakes too.
You're such a snob.
Here we are back in the kitchen.
Wait, wait...
Go back to the fridge.
Is that the kid?
Zoom in.
Yep, that's him.
Oh my god, he's hot!
Oh, stop. You could be his dad.
But I'm not.
Is he gay?
I don't know.
Okay, I can see you're not in the mood.
I'm sorry, I'm just exhausted.
Fine, I understand.
-Go to bed. -Okay.
-Good night. -Good night.
And don't forget to take your pills.
I won't, I won't, don't worry.
-I love you. -Love you too.
David Tartakover
is best known for his politically provocative posters.
His style features minimalist compositions
that use images taken from the media,
mixed with slogans and text,
inspired by Russian Constructivism.
He has said:
"My work is often considered a protest.
"It's not. It's a reaction.
"You have to go with the truth all the way.
"Otherwise, what have you accomplished?"
In one iconic poster, a little boy with one eye shut,
possibly shot by a soldier,
is juxtaposed with a child's drawing of a flower
and the words:
"Daddy, what are you doing in the occupied territories?"
One of his most famous works
was the logo he designed for the Peace Now Movement
in 1978.
The deceptively simple logo combines the words "Peace" and "Now"
and uses no other symbol or design.
It became the first widely used political sticker in Israel.
His work began to criticize the political establishment
even more sharply after the euphoric...
Hello?
Hi, is this David?
No. This is his husband, Michael.
Hi, Michael, it's Suzanne Shrib calling
from the IBS clinic.
Oh, hi, Suzanne.
Actually I have some terrific news for you and David.
What's that?
We've located a new surrogate for you.
I'm sorry, I'm not sure I understand.
Well, of course we'd like to set up an appointment for both of you to meet her
and give you a chance to form an impression,
see how you feel.
She's young, very bright,
she's getting an MSW at Rutgers.
Sorry, when was the last time you spoke with David?
Oh, about a month ago.
I promised I'd give him a call the moment we had a match.
Oh, hi.
Sorry, I didn't know if you're awake.
I just wanted to take something I left here.
Oh, no worries, come on inside.
I'll take it and leave, it's in my room, one minute.
Sorry, man, I just had to grab my weed.
Can't really fall asleep without it.
Yeah, sure, totally get that.
So, you're good?
You're okay? Need anything from me?
-You want some of this maybe? -No, no, I'm good, thank you.
Hey, you hungry?
I just bought some breakfast, you're welcome to join me.
-"Sweetbox"? -Yeah, according to my research
it's the best bakery in town.
What?
It's funny that someone has to come from New York
to tell me that the best bakery in town is just around the corner.
Are they good?
You're welcome to try one.
To tell you the truth, I don't really eat anything before lunch.
My breakfast is just black coffee and a cigarette.
Do you mind? -Actually...
So,
what are you doing in Israel, if it's okay to ask?
Of course, I'm a travel writer.
I write a column for The New York Times.
-Really? -Yeah, it's called "The Intrepid Traveler."
"Intrepid"?
Intrepid, it means...
I don't know, resourceful? Brave?
Someone who won't give up,
who's strong in the face of adversity.
It's just a name though.
So you're not really intrepid?
I try to be.
The idea is to write about the...
the city as it really is.
The local city, not the... the touristy version.
It's your first time in Tel Aviv?
It's actually my second.
I was here for my Bar-Mitzvah.
But that was in Jerusalem about 100 years ago.
Probably wasn't such a great visit
if it took you so long to come back.
You are right about that.
It was kind of a difficult visit.
My parents were...
They were constantly fighting.
In fact, a couple of months after that they were divorced.
-Oh... -Yeah.
So what did they say when you told them that you're coming back here?
Who?
Oh, my parents, oh.
My mom passed away couple of years ago.
I'm sorry, I have to remember
not to ask people over 50 this question,
I always do that.
It's okay.
My dad is still very much alive and...
I think he'll be happy when I tell him I came back.
Well, I hope this time you'll have a better experience.
-Yeah. -I think Israelis really try to be nice to tourists.
Yeah, they wanna feed you, they wanna tell you stories,
speak English with you
even if they don't know how to speak English.
They just want you to like them.
Why do you think that is?
I don't know.
Maybe it's because we are in the Middle East,
but we wanna be treated like we are in the West.
Wow.
Can I quote you on that?
Are you making fun of me?
'Cause I was only trying to...
No, no, I wasn't. I meant that.
That was interesting.
Okay.
So what's the plan?
-You have a plan, right? -Oh, yes, yes.
Not only do I have a plan,
I have a list.
Everything that's highlighted in yellow,
that's top priority, then...
Neve Tzedek.
Sarona, Manta Ray Beach,
Tel Aviv Museum.
Aren't all those the must-sees?
Yeah, yeah,
if you are a Jewish princess on her Birthright tour, yeah.
These places are like the most cliché thing ever.
Florentin?
Yeah, we're not gonna go to Rothschild Boulevard,
you've been there enough.
What's wrong?
They stole my fucking bike.
Second time in six months.
Alright...
Alright, just calm down.
I'm not sure I follow,
you're saying you actually know who stole your bike?
Not exactly,
but if I'm lucky they sold it to the bike shop over there.
Last time those fuckers stole my bike, I found it there.
He's lying, he said it's not my bike.
He wants me to pay 500 shekels for my bike.
Why don't you just call the police? It's your bike.
Forget it, I don't want to do that.
Why not?
The police in this area are racists
and the immigrants, the money they'll have to pay a lawyer,
they'll have to steal another 30 bikes.
That's decent of you.
I don't think I could be that cool about it.
I mean, it is your bike, after all.
I know, I'm gonna come back later.
I know this guy's son, I'll talk to him.
Want some juice?
Sure.
This is the best pomegranate juice you're gonna get in Tel Aviv.
Maybe in the world.
Do you have small change maybe?
Thanks.
Oh, you're right, this is good.
I told you.
Thirsty, huh?
Yeah.
You hungry?
A little.
'Cause there's a great restaurant I know with really great Israeli food.
Sounds good.
But we'll have to wait till 3:00.
Why?
'Cause they have a Happy Hour.
Yeah, all the food is half price.
Well, it's two hours from now.
If you're hungry, we can go now.
I'm happy to pay.
No, no. It's okay, I can wait.
It's our special hummus with "ful," like fava beans.
Sounds good to me.
-So, two hummus with ful. -Yeah.
One meat soup, one Israeli salad,
and rice with beans.
-Okay. -Sounds great.
How about some shots? On the house?
No, no, I'm great, thank you.
Okay.
You never say no to free shots.
I'm fine with beer,
it's a little early in the day for me to start drinking arak.
Don't worry, I'll drink yours.
That's for you.
-L'chaim. -L'chaim.
So...
Do you write only about travel or also about other things?
What do you mean?
I googled you.
I saw you wrote a book once,
unless there's another writer named Michael Green.
"Complications,"
it says it was a "thrilling debut."
Yes, that was many, many, many years ago.
What was it about?
It's about the world I lived in back then.
New York City in the late '80s, early '90s.
What, like AIDS and stuff like that?
Well...
That's so depressing,
why does everything always has to go back to that?
Well, I didn't go back, I was there.
I sort of wrote the book in real-time.
My first boyfriend, he... he died of AIDS.
Fuck.
Enjoy.
Thank you.
Thanks.
Is that not what you ordered?
It is, but I said no onion.
I hate it.
How do you eat food without onions,
that's what gives it all the flavor.
Ichs.
What?
Ah, "ichs," it's like Hebrew for "yuck."
Ah.
Icks.
Not "icks." Ichs.
Ichs.
So, um, what about you, Tomer?
What kind of movies do you wanna make in the future?
Why in the future? I'm already making them.
Oh, great.
So, what are they about?
What are they about?
It's hard to explain.
It's kind of "artistic horror," I guess,
but I don't wanna, like, put it in a box, you know? I...
I wanna make films that will punch you in the face, you know?
I'd rather make my audience vomit than just being fine with it.
Yeah, I think cinema should physically shake you up,
like, like a rollercoaster.
Okay.
You have my number if you need anything.
Yeah. You have everything you need from the apartment?
Yeah.
Where are you staying?
Last night I went to my mother,
but I don't do it again, it's too far.
Where will you be tonight?
Not sure.
You know what's the shittiest thing?
Maybe I forgot to lock them.
I forget sometimes.
So, have fun, yeah?
Enjoy real Tel Aviv.
Wait.
What don't you just stay here tonight?
Until you figure something out.
Thanks, but it's cool.
I'm used to subletting my place and crashing at other people's.
-Are you sure? -Yeah.
I mean, you could stay on the sofa.
Maybe in return you could continue to be my tour guide.
Keep showing me around the city like you did today?
-Are you serious? -Yeah.
What if I'm like, a serial killer?
Or you, you could be a serial killer. I mean,
you never know.
It's that one.
So, I could just be here.
And you don't have to worry about me.
Okay.
Very well done.
Okay.
Anything else?
Horror movies aren't really my thing, to be honest. I...
-I don't always understand -You don't need to understand.
It's... it's what you feel.
It's a physical experience.
Oh, so, it's not meant to be scary?
It's not meant to be anything,
it's what you bring to it, it's...
it's what you see.
Oh, interesting.
"Interesting..."
What?
You're probably into what?
Romantic comedies, musicals?
Is that a crime?
No,
but it's very unoriginal to be a gay man who loves musicals.
What, do you have like a poster of Liza Minnelli in your living room?
What's wrong with musicals?
Nothing, and that's the problem.
Everyone is so happy and so gay.
And what's wrong with that?
It's not a question of wrong, it's a question of...
Not all of us like cheesy romance and happy endings.
Tomer!
Michael, Daria. Daria, Michael.
Hey, it's nice to meet you.
We just saw you in Tomer's film,
you were very good.
Don't believe him, he didn't like it.
I did.
You're welcome to come in.
Daria and her boyfriend Amir had a fight.
We didn't fight, we broke up.
Don't worry, this happens every two weeks.
I think they do it just to have a lot of make-up sex.
This time it's different, Tomer.
-What did he do this time? -What did he do?
Well, right in the middle of rehearsal he stops everything
and says I'm ruining the dance.
Me?
He cursed me in fucking Arabic
and it wasn't about anything that happened in the rehearsal,
it was all about something I said about his family a few days ago.
What did you say about his family?
That maybe he shouldn't invite them.
That maybe it's not for them,
maybe it's too provocative.
I didn't say it in a racist way, you know?
In what?
-Racist way! -Oh.
Fuck, I don't know if I want my parents to come either.
Daria and Amir have a dance show that opens tomorrow.
Oh, great! I love dance.
Yeah.
Here, you're invited.
Oh, it's interesting.
Is this Arabic?
Yes, Amir is Arabic.
And also a pain in the ass.
So everything we do has to have Arabic in it.
Even if it's not connected at all.
Tomorrow is their premiere and then they're moving to Berlin together.
-Yeah... -Wait, you're leaving Israel?
Yes.
But I thought you were breaking up.
We are breaking up.
So why are you moving to Berlin with him?
My best friend is dumping me.
I told you, you could come too,
but you didn't want to.
Of course I want to but I need to finish university first, you know.
Tomer can't move away
because his mother is stuck in the kibbutz.
He will never leave her.
That's bullshit.
So, what do you plan on doing in Berlin?
Basically the same thing, dance,
only with some more people in the audience.
Maybe there I can afford more than a kid's meal at McDonald's.
Wow.
Is that the big dream then?
What, a Big Mac?
Oh, no, I'm fine. Thank you.
I don't know...
I guess I've just given up trying to make it happen here.
Why?
It's so hard to be an artist here, you know?
You have to beg the government for budgets
and then pray that anyone comes,
especially if your partner is a Palestinian.
A couple of years ago, we had a big new show.
A week before the premiere,
everything in Gaza got crazy.
Like, missile attacks, bombings,
you know, all that shit.
And at the end we performed in front of three people.
Tomer was one of them.
Well, I hate to be the guy who says, "When I was your age," but...
"When I was your age..."
But, really,
we protested, we got arrested.
We did everything we could to change the world.
Maybe it wasn't very much,
but some... some things did change.
I don't know,
maybe this is my protest,
to leave this place and think only of myself for once.
To really live,
not only survive.
Isn't it odd that you're moving to Germany?
A place that symbolizes Jewish tragedy.
What's so funny?
Nothing, we're just high, but you know that Berlin is like
the coolest place for many years.
Tons of young Israelis move there.
Come.
Michael!
Hey.
Look what I have.
-Wow. -I cut class today
and on the way here I stopped at this like second-hand bookshop
and that's where I found it.
How cool is that?
Tomer.
Bye.
Is that your boyfriend?
I don't have a boyfriend.
We're just hanging out, that's all.
He wanted more, but I'm not into all that.
Why?
Just not.
People today are so desperate for love and relationships,
so when they meet someone cool
they immediately want to define and label and...
I mean, why would I wanna have sex with only one person, you know?
I don't wanna tie myself down to anyone.
A man, a woman.
One partner, two partners,
even 100 partners, you know? I just...
I want to enjoy everything life has to offer.
Sure, but one of the things this world has to offer is the...
the love of another human being.