Their bodies conjoin to become one, and they expose the most vulnerable part of themselves. In the midst of war and brutality blossoms a love story of two soldiers who continue their affair in secrecy. A teasingly pleasant scene is when one gives an implicit indication to the other by revealing his nakedness beneath the army jumper. The hot and steaming love scene commences while the two roll around on the snow. Each and every aspect of this Israeli film reveals a dichotomy in its own special way. Set in the backdrop of Pakistani-British community tension, the rekindled love story of childhood friends Omar (Gordon Warnecke) and Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis) warms your heart. The scene starts with such tenderness as Johnny comforts Omar, hugs him from behind, and slides his hand into his shirt. They forget their whereabouts, their identities, and their realities. The scene has passion, bliss, alcohol, and of course, a young, shirtless Daniel Day-Lewis. The forbiddenness that crosses layers of social prohibitions and taboos loses its significance in this one scene of pure instinctive earning and exhilaration. It was a very important film to have existed. Two cowboys, embodying the epitome of ‘manliness,’ let their emotions take hold of a socially appropriated masculinity.
