Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life
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Jonathan Agassi is a superstar in the world of gay porn. He lives the wild life in Berlin and Tel Aviv, where he works in films and live shows and has a second job as an escort. Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll – and all of it in large quantities. But the industry is tough, and behind the confident smile is an insecure boy with an absent father and a very close relationship to his broad-minded mother. The contrast to the superficial success grows and grows, but in the world of porn there is no room for crises. Here, you must deliver the goods, every single time – and every single day. Otherwise you are done. The identity crisis is smouldering, Agassi is floundering and drugs become tempting as an easy way out. But how long can he hold onto himself? Over the course of eight years, and with much mutual trust, the director Tomer Heymann has followed Agassi right up to the culmination of his life's biggest crisis.
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Tomer Heymann Director · Elad Davidovitch Schicowich Editor Tal Rabiner Editor
First release July 31, 2018 · Produced in Germany, Israel · Languages English, Hebrew
Production
Heymann Brothers Films
Production
Germany · Israel
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Languages
Original title
יונתן אגסי הציל את חיי
Original language
Hebrew
Spoken on screen
English · Hebrew
Release dates
Israel · July 31, 2018
Limited theatrical · Jerusalem Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
November 15, 2019 · Festival MixBrasil de Cultura da Diversidade
Denmark
March 23, 2019 · CPH:DOX
France
November 20, 2019 · Paris Chéries Chéris Film Festival
Germany
November 15, 2019 · Kasseler Dokfest
Greece
March 2, 2019 · Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Ireland
October 18, 2019
Italy
June 9, 2019 · Biografilm Festival
Lithuania
March 21, 2019 · Vilnius International Film Festival
Netherlands
November 1, 2018 · International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
Poland
May 10, 2019 · Docs Against Gravity Film Festival
Russia
June 27, 2019 · Premiere · Moscow Jewish Film Festival
Spain
September 27, 2019 · Barcelona Jewish Film Festival
Taiwan
August 16, 2019 · Taiwan International Queer Film Festival
United Kingdom
November 18, 2019 · Theatrical
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