RUBBER DOLPHIN
DOLFIN MEGUMI
ISRAEL, 28 MIN
A gay love story set in a one bedroom apartment in Tel Aviv.
They meet, have sex, fall in love.
Will it last until the morning comes?
Synopsis:
A portrait of one night's intimacy between two men that just met. Their physical connection is immediate and they get carried away and have unprotected sex. Once the sexual tension has been released they’re having an intimate conversation, about gay men sexual roles, about preferences and self-image, about manhood.
As morning approaches, their moment is nearing its end and one’s need for reciprocity may question the other’s ability to love.
About the film:
Rubber Dolphin (Dolfin MeGumi) is Ori Aharon’s graduation film at the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television at the Tel Aviv University. The film is supported by The Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts - Cinema Project and The Blavatnik Fund for Student Films.
Rubber Dolphin is a personal, semi-autobiographical work that looks into the relations between sexuality and emotion as it comes to be in an occasional encounter between homosexual men. The 28-minute film takes place mostly between the sheets and consists of long close-up shots, which provide a close look into the depths of the protagonists’ minds, within and outside of the sexual interaction.
The film was premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival as part of the Cinéfondation, which is considered as the world's most prestigious student film competition.
About the filmmaker:
Ori Aharon is a scriptwriter and a film director who was born and raised in Haifa and lives in Tel Aviv, Israel. Rubber Dolphin is his graduation film at the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television at Tel Aviv University. These days Ori is writing a script for a feature film based on the protagonist of his short film. At the center of which is a story of a journey full of disappointments in the hero's search for the "spark" in his life.