Betrayal
Director: Or Habusha
Screenwriter: Or Habusha
Cast:Tomer Peled, Omer Sterenberg, Natalie Edry
Producer:Gidi Herman
Cinematographer:Eden Tavasi
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Language:Hebrew
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SYNOPSIS
Itay and Bar are in an open relationship. One day, Itay comes home and sees Bar sleeping with someone who was supposed to be their surrogate. Itay feels jealous and tests how much himself can resemble the woman Bar craves.
Director Biography
Hey, my name is Or, I’m 27 years old and I study film at The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television. I’m in my 4rd year and proud of what I have created so far. I directed three short films. One of them “Now to you” won Honorable Mention in Tlvfest, the Tel Aviv LGBTQ film festival. Currently working on my fourth film that I’m planning to shoot in summer 2024. In addition, I am a cinematographer and usually works as focus puller. I shoot two short films; one of them won the scholarship reward at Tel Aviv international student film festival. This year I got the chance to be the manager of the short independent film competition in Tel Aviv international student film festival #26.
Director's Statement
The idea for the film started when I heard a podcast about a married gay person named Bar. He said those years into their relationship, he felt that his gayness had disappeared. He described how suddenly a house, family, wedding and children made them ‘normal’, and he no longer feels gay except for of the fact he married a man. I chose to deal in this film with my fear of losing a queer, gay element, which is a significant part of my identity. Will I lose my partner and the queerness we had at the beginning of the relationship when we will have children and start a family? How our relationship will look if we will become ‘normal’? The film named “Betrayal” because it deals with queer betrayal. What does cheating look like in an open relationship between two men? It is about ego, inability to communicate and hide things from your partner. It is about men that can only communicate through sexuality and body.




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