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Boy Meets Girl (1982 film)

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Boy Meets Girl
Theatrical poster
Directed byMichal Bat-Adam
Screenplay byMichal Bat-Adam
Produced byAvi Kleinberger
Gideon Amir
StarringGabi Eldor
Ilan Dar
Shai Golan
CinematographyNurith Aviv
Edited byHagit Hanin
Lena Kadish
Music byNurit Hirsch
Release date
  • July 1982 (1982-07)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguageHebrew

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.[1] Her 1994 film, Aya: Imagined Autobiography (Hebrew: איה), revisits the character of Aya, who is now a married woman haunted by her past.

Plot

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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

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  • Einat Helfman as Aya
  • Gabi Eldor [he] as Ina
  • Ilan Dar [he] 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

References

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  1. ^ Amy Kronish (1 March 2009), "Filmmakers, Israeli", Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia, Jewish Women's Archive (retrieved 10 November 2012).
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