Boy Meets Girl (1982 film)
| Boy Meets Girl | |
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 Theatrical poster
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| Directed by | Michal Bat-Adam |
| Screenplay by | Michal Bat-Adam |
| Produced by | Avi Kleinberger Gideon Amir |
| Starring | Gabi Eldor Ilan Dar Shai Golan |
| Cinematography | Nurith Aviv |
| Edited by | Hagit Hanin Lena Kadish |
| Music by | Nurit Hirsch |
Release date |
July 1982 |
Running time |
85 minutes |
| Country | Israel |
| Language | Hebrew |
Boy Meets Girl (Hebrew: בן לוקח בת Ben Loke'ah Bat) is a 1982 Israeli drama directed by Michal Bat-Adam. It was filmed on location at Kibbutz Ma'ayan Tzvi.
The story is a semi-autobiographical account of Bat-Adams' own upbringing at a kibbutz boarding school. Her 1994 film, Aya: Imagined Autobiography (Hebrew: איה), revisits the character of Aya, who is now a married woman haunted by her past.
Plot
Aya (Einat Helfman) is a shy 10-year-old girl who has grown up in Tel Aviv. When her parents, who are both doctors, travel to Thailand as part of their work, Aya is placed in a boarding school on a kibbutz. As an outsider, she has difficulty adjusting to the insularity and unfamiliar values and practices of kibbutz society. She struggles to cope with the challenges of living with dozens of her peers in a communal children's dormitory where there is no separation according to gender.
Cast
- Einat Helfman as Aya
- Gabi Eldor as Ina
- Ilan Dar as Aya's father
- Shai Golan as Zvika
- Gill Dontchevzky as Neni
- Ayala Fiszel as Hanna's Mother
- Erella Ashkenazi as Teacher
- Andrea Sade as English Teacher
- Dina Limon as Teacher
- Assaf Zur as Giora
- Osnat Farago as Hanna
- Eyal Fox as Dodo
- Boaz Rekiewicz as Roni
- Amalya Dayan as Amalya