Sublet

Sublet (2020)

A gay New York Times travel writer comes to Tel Aviv after suffering a tragedy. The energy of the city and his relationship with a younger man brings him back to life.

Date of release
2020-04-15
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (44)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director
Eytan Fox

Casting

Interesting facts

Sublet is a 2020 Israeli-American romantic comedy-drama film, directed by Eytan Fox, from a screenplay by Fox and Itay Segal. It stars John Benjamin Hickey and Niv Nissim, and was Nissim's onscreen debut. It had its world premiere at the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festivall on November 8, 2020. It was released in a limited release on June 11, 2021, prior to video on demand on July 9, 2021, by Greenwich Entertainment.

Production

The film was set and shot in Florentin, Tel Aviv; Tomer's apartment was a combination of several Florentin apartments as well as a constructed set. Florentin was the titular setting for a previous work by Fox, the 1970s Israeli TV series Florentine. Niv Nissim, who plays Tomer, had previously lived in several apartments in the neighborhood and was familiar with the area.

Sublet features cinematography by Daniel Miller, who had previously won the Israeli Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on the 2018 film Fig Tree, and was edited by Nili Feller, who won the same for Best Editing for her work on Waltz with Bashir (2008) and went on to win again for Savoy (2022). The film features original music by Tom Armony, Assa Raviv, and Maya Belitzman.

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