November 2026 Edition of Q Magazine ~ Issue 244
Out filmmaker Yuval Hadadi turns his own journey into A Man Walks Down the Street, the story of a gay man who returns home and finally faces the life he left behind.
For Israeli writer-director Yuval Hadadi, making A Man Walks Down the Street meant facing the fear that shaped his own early life. Hadadi didn’t come out until he was 30, and his Hebrew-language drama is a personal reckoning with internalized homophobia.
The film follows Raanan (played by Angel Bonanni), a middle-aged man who returns to Tel Aviv after 30 years abroad to sell his late mother’s apartment. A chance encounter with an elderly man he once knew stirs long-buried memories, and a brief affair with Adir (Yotam Rotshtain), a much younger man, forces Raanan to confront the life he never allowed himself to live.
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Robin Rosenbluth’s memoir, LIVING WITH STRANGERS: Healing a Wounded Heart in a Distant Land, was praised by Kirkus Reviews for being “An eye-opening and thorough remembrance, related with clarity and care.” She is a former foster teen who now advocates for finding permanent homes for older foster youth. She has worked in the nonprofit sector in New York, raising funds for museums, women’s organizations, healthcare, LGBTQ, and environmental causes, and teaches fundraising at New York University. She has studied memoir and the craft of writing with many renowned authors and writes a Substack, My Jagged Journey as a Debut Writer. Robin and her wife have raised two children. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Learn more at robinrosenbluth.com
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