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Phobidilia (2009)
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Original name: פובידיליה
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After suffering an emotional breakdown in a public place, a young man vows to quit the chaotic city life and never leave his apartment. He quickly discovers that in todays world all his needs can be easily met: sexual satisfaction via the internet, food by telephone delivery and entertainment by television.Four years later, his idyllic existence comes under attack when Daniella, a free spirited girl comes into his life while Grumps, the buildings real estate agent , informs him that the apartment is about to be sold.Both Grumps, an elderly holocaust survivor with a troubled past and Daniella a cheerful young woman with a disastrous love history, are the first people in a long while to care about our hero. Both think the only way out is OUT.However, our hero refuses to leave his kingdom and decides to fight till the bitter end.
Style:
psychological, serious, emotional, realistic, offbeat, gloomy, surprise ending, psychotronic
Plot:
opposites attract, confined, losing-it hero, misfit, love and romance, mental illness, couples, isolation, impossible love, estrangement, programmer, society, social misfits, eviction, lonely man, phobia, unfulfillment, sex, cat, computer, masturbation, television, garden, holocaust survivor, indoor ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
israel
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