Knoller is wonderful as the emotionally cut-off, yet vulnerable Yossi, who yearns for something more from life, but feels both terror at the prospect and unworthiness to claim it.

Yossi is an early spring breeze of a film - too delicate to be substantial but definitely holding the promise of warmth.

It's serious about its characters and their emotions, but still finds room for humor.

It's an interesting choice from director Eytan Fox to follow his character Yossi's journey further in a sequel to 2002's Yossi & Jagger, but one that very much pays off.