Night Movie

4/21/2025

This is quite a poignant half hour drama following an Israeli under-cover soldier on patrol who encounters a young man who panics and tries to run away. “Eli” (Moshe Ivgy) handcuffs the terrified kid (Akab Abed El-Hai) to him and off they set to try and get to the police station. Perhaps it’s the fact that he is wielding a machine gun that puts folk off, but nobody in this wet and bustling Tel Aviv wants to stop to help, so they commandeer a motor bike and sidecar that thanks to their security arrangements is more dangerous than it’s worth as they drive round in circles an attract the attention of the police! It’s this whirlwind ride that begins to break the ice between the two men, so they head to the boy’s home - well, more of an underpass where the homeless congregate to huddle around a