Yoav Reuveni in Israel Gay film Snails in the Rain (2013) is PERFECTION

He was an Israeli actor and my goodness is he beautiful!!! He is why I ended up watching the film, he is absolutely beautiful. Tall, gorgeous body, beautiful face, honest eyes... I couldn’t keep my eyes off of him.

As for the film, if you like foreign films and reading subtitles, it’s worth the watch (minus the ending). The film is very interesting and I enjoyed it until the final scene. His acting is wonderful, and I liked the woman who played his girlfriend. She was lovely.

The films -

“Tel Aviv, Summer 1989. Boaz, a beautiful and alluring linguistics student, receives anonymous, male-written, love letters that undermines his sexual identity and interfere with his peaceful life with his beloved girlfriend.”

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by Anonymousreply 95October 29, 2021 2:33 AM

A tribute video to his beauty

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by Anonymousreply 3January 16, 2021 10:48 PM

What’s fascinating about him is not only his beauty, but the fact he did very few films and then decided to not act anymore, despite actually being good at it and getting offers because of his looks. He was a model before getting into acting.

He is now a Director of Business Development

by Anonymousreply 5January 16, 2021 10:50 PM

You can watch the film for free on Tubi, by the way.

by Anonymousreply 6January 16, 2021 10:50 PM

Beautiful guy, but that's one of the worst names I've ever heard for a movie.

by Anonymousreply 8January 16, 2021 10:51 PM

R8 that’s the American release title. It’s not an American film.

by Anonymousreply 9January 16, 2021 10:53 PM

[quote] [R8] that’s the American release title. It’s not an American film.

I never once claimed it was, r9.

It's still a horrible title for a movie.

by Anonymousreply 11January 16, 2021 10:57 PM

Totally agree R11. Horrible title for a movie!

by Anonymousreply 12January 16, 2021 11:01 PM

But apparently the original title שבלולים בגשם also means "Snails in the Rain." Does it work better in Hebrew? Some connotation that gets lost in translation?

by Anonymousreply 13January 16, 2021 11:02 PM

He's pretty but the character seemed rather mentally backward— or perhaps Israeli culture is so utterly foreign to ours.

by Anonymousreply 14January 16, 2021 11:05 PM

It was set in Tel Aviv r14. In case you don’t know this, the whole world isn’t some big ball of progressiveness.

Also, he was playing a “straight” man confused by his sexuality. You’re crazy if you think that doesn’t still happen just because the country is more “progressive”.

by Anonymousreply 15January 16, 2021 11:08 PM

The scene he goes to the park where gay men go to fuck

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by Anonymousreply 16January 16, 2021 11:08 PM

[quote] foreign

The story is set in the 1980s.

by Anonymousreply 17January 16, 2021 11:12 PM

He's prettier than Adam Levien and doesn't have any of that childish skin-painting.

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by Anonymousreply 18January 16, 2021 11:15 PM

R17 the film was filmed in Israel, by an Israel film production etc. it’s a foreign film. It was released in the USA in 2013 by TLA.

And yes, it is set in 1989.

by Anonymousreply 19January 16, 2021 11:15 PM

I luvs me some swarthy sexy hot semitic mins

by Anonymousreply 20January 16, 2021 11:17 PM

Does he fuck a man in the film?

by Anonymousreply 21January 16, 2021 11:25 PM

R21 no. He never fucks a man.

by Anonymousreply 22January 16, 2021 11:31 PM

R23 no. He spends the film battling his own sexual identity and feelings. He constantly thinks about the guy he wanted back in the Army, and who was his first gay kiss etc. he would gawk at him as they showered etc. he gets off thinking about this. He is truly troubled when it comes to his sexuality.

He is receiving letters from a man who is in love with him, but he doesn’t know who. Toward the end we find out who and that man hires gorgeous prostitutes to fuck him and he pretends it’s Boaz (the main character).

The final scene we get a flashforward scene, and Boaz is now married to his GF with a child, and her pregnant again.

So, like many, he went the straight route, ignoring his true feelings and wants.

by Anonymousreply 24January 16, 2021 11:38 PM

Model Yoav (pronounced Yov, not Yoo-av)

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by Anonymousreply 25January 16, 2021 11:40 PM

He's got Momma's mussy parting like the Red Sea!

by Anonymousreply 26January 16, 2021 11:43 PM

He is truly something. Wow.

by Anonymousreply 32January 16, 2021 11:58 PM

I'd rip his pants off and pleasure him all night! Thanks OP!

by Anonymousreply 33January 17, 2021 12:16 AM

The film is definitely worth watching, and yeah the lead actor is sexy as hell.

by Anonymousreply 34January 17, 2021 12:32 AM

A "small film" that's interesting all the way through - even the ending, which was curious. Definitely the camera loved his face... beyond the beauty he had good screen presence. I'll look forward someone on DL to see if they can find info on why he decided to leave acting.

by Anonymousreply 35January 17, 2021 12:41 AM

Oh! An attractive man in a homophobic "gay" movie!

by Anonymousreply 36January 17, 2021 12:57 AM

This critic is ridiculous.

I don’t think he understood the movie at all, and he even bitches how Boaz pushes away the guy complimenting his eyes, stroking his cheek and then going in for a kiss. Boaz is “straight”, and most of them would not be comfortable with a man doing this to them. I don’t see why the critic is so offended by it.

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by Anonymousreply 38January 17, 2021 1:05 AM

The Jewish Film Institute seemed to love it

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by Anonymousreply 39January 17, 2021 1:10 AM

Another review, from Australia, praising it

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by Anonymousreply 40January 17, 2021 1:19 AM

One persons biggest criticism is that the person cast as Boaz is TOO good looking, so much so that it distracts you and takes away from the overall film. Another’s was that he is shirtless, showing off his body too much, which, again, was distracting to them.

by Anonymousreply 41January 17, 2021 1:26 AM

The film sounds like a long tease. Not interested in "maybe I have gay feelings, but I shall fight it and marry my GL" scenario.

by Anonymousreply 42January 17, 2021 1:28 AM

Correction: "my GF" scenario.

by Anonymousreply 43January 17, 2021 1:29 AM

R42 the film has 3 main focuses

Sexuality

Obsession

Repression

The film is about Boaz’s repressed feelings (literally, he repressed all his memories from his gay experience while in the Army) as much as it about sexuality and obsession (and relationships as a whole).

The more Boaz remembers his gay experience from the past, the more he longs for that again and gets off to it, but that only ends up making him feel more guilty which leads to him growing paranoid and angry.

It’s an ongoing cycle many really go through.

by Anonymousreply 44January 17, 2021 1:35 AM

And he’s got a cute little ass

by Anonymousreply 45January 17, 2021 1:00 PM

Love his tight little ass

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by Anonymousreply 46January 17, 2021 2:34 PM

I very much want to uncover HIS truth.

by Anonymousreply 47January 17, 2021 3:19 PM

It looks like a great film....thanks for the tip. Beautiful men!

by Anonymousreply 48January 17, 2021 3:54 PM

R48 he is the most beautiful. I am infatuated

by Anonymousreply 49January 18, 2021 8:35 PM

[quote] It looks like a great film

I've seen it and I can't agree. It's unsatisfying as cinema art. And unsatisfying for sexual arousal.

by Anonymousreply 50January 18, 2021 10:32 PM

R50 it’s a film. Not porn

by Anonymousreply 51January 22, 2021 7:00 PM

He is gorgeous. Top notch beauty

by Anonymousreply 52February 15, 2021 2:10 AM

Oh I found a trailer with English subtitles

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by Anonymousreply 53February 15, 2021 2:15 AM

Is this him today. He his married to an "Adi Ronen" and this is an instagram for her. He would be 35 ish now.

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by Anonymousreply 54February 15, 2021 2:30 AM

When DL Crushes Grow Up.

Our poor little Jackie Papers.....

by Anonymousreply 56February 15, 2021 2:34 AM

R55 yes that’s him, older now. Sad.

by Anonymousreply 57February 15, 2021 2:35 AM

That cunt. She has my mans dick in her? Hell no

by Anonymousreply 58February 15, 2021 2:41 AM

Dear oh dear, we Dataloungers have been wetting ourselves over this pretty, provocative prickteasing gay-for-pay male model who spurns us.

by Anonymousreply 59February 15, 2021 2:43 AM

Don't be vulgar. DL is perfectly searchable. Why not say something nice about your beloved and his lovely family and be a pleasant fan. Sheesh. Manners around here.

by Anonymousreply 60February 15, 2021 2:43 AM

Do they pour salt on him?

by Anonymousreply 61February 15, 2021 2:45 AM

He’s very very pretty. Even now.

by Anonymousreply 62February 15, 2021 2:48 AM

Awww is his hair thinning?

by Anonymousreply 63February 15, 2021 2:58 AM

This guy, named Matan Shalev, is just as pretty as that other Israeli guy.

And Matan shares his penis

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by Anonymousreply 66March 4, 2021 7:38 PM

I was dying to see his Zionist Expansion Policy.

by Anonymousreply 67March 4, 2021 7:54 PM

Are there bathhouse or steam-room scenes? Just wondering b/c of OP's pic.

by Anonymousreply 68March 4, 2021 7:55 PM

I'm glad the movie captured his looks in 2013. He's just normal today.

by Anonymousreply 69March 4, 2021 7:55 PM

Could someone please spoil: who was writing the letters?

by Anonymousreply 70March 4, 2021 8:06 PM

The professor was a real Mary Ann.

by Anonymousreply 71March 4, 2021 9:03 PM

Agree, he is cute, but I cannot get onboard with the visuals of the film title. Talk about a cold shower!

by Anonymousreply 72March 4, 2021 9:18 PM

That isn’t a shower. He’s a swimmer and that’s him in the locker room after swimming in the pool.

by Anonymousreply 73March 4, 2021 9:44 PM

He’s a beautiful man. May rewatch

by Anonymousreply 74March 4, 2021 10:04 PM

The sequel “Pillbugs in a Hailstorm” brought the hotness too.

by Anonymousreply 77May 8, 2021 6:43 PM

R77 lmao thank God that didn’t happen

by Anonymousreply 78May 8, 2021 6:45 PM

Someone who finally lives up to DL hype. Israeli men are generally gorgeous. Michael Aloni is another actor who is A+.

by Anonymousreply 79May 8, 2021 6:59 PM

It’s probably all the drinking and smoking he did in his 20s catching up to him.

by Anonymousreply 81May 8, 2021 7:14 PM

[54] what a disappointment! His sexy good looks took a beating! Did marriage have something to do with this 'transformation?' No wonder he gave up acting--he just looks ordinary now-just a good-looking dude; nothing else! (Damn, domestication does it every time!).

by Anonymousreply 82May 8, 2021 7:26 PM

He gave up acting while he still looked like OP.

by Anonymousreply 83May 8, 2021 7:34 PM

The film was a disappointment. Nothing really happens.

by Anonymousreply 84May 8, 2021 7:38 PM

[66]--I beg to differ=he doesn't hold a candle to Yoav (that is when he was in movies!)

by Anonymousreply 85May 8, 2021 8:08 PM

He is now married; just saw a pic of him with his wife and kid--God! what happened to those 'Pretty Boy' looks? He looks like a typical husband--no sense of 'adventure' in him!

by Anonymousreply 87May 22, 2021 7:07 PM

r87 r82 Repeat yourself much?

by Anonymousreply 88May 22, 2021 7:10 PM

I think he is still handsome. Just older and looks a bit more tired.

by Anonymousreply 89May 22, 2021 9:40 PM

You people need to find some fresh meat to obsess over.

And I suggest you choose a genuine gay man rather than a faker.

I suggest these two candidates—

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by Anonymousreply 90May 22, 2021 10:16 PM

Actors are fakers.

Dataloungers who obsess over fakers are fools.

by Anonymousreply 92May 22, 2021 10:30 PM

No one is obsessing. Appreciating someone isn’t obsessing.

by Anonymousreply 93May 22, 2021 11:14 PM

I may rewatch simply because he was so beautiful and actually gave a lovely performance

by Anonymousreply 94May 23, 2021 2:37 AM

Just saw a recent pic. of him with his wife and he holding their kid! What a transformation! The Pretty Boy looks are COMPLETLY gone, now he looks like a middle age businessman! What the hell did he do to himself?

by Anonymousreply 95October 29, 2021 2:33 AM

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