Love at Second Sight (Hebrew: אהבה ממבט שני, romanized: Ahava Mimabat Sheni) is a 1999 Israeli independent underground dramatic art film directed by Michal Bat-Adam.[1]
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| אהבה ממבט שני | |
| Directed by | Michal Bat-Adam |
| Written by | Michal Bat-Adam |
| Produced by | Michal Bat-Adam |
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| Cinematography | Yoav Kosh |
| Edited by | Boaz Leon |
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| Distributed by | National Center for Jewish Film |
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Running time | 90 Minutes |
| Country | Israel |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Budget | $ 400,000 |
Synopsis
editNina (Michal Zoharetz), a 25-year-old photographer living with an 80-year-old senior, Frumin (Nathan Cogan), with whom she is in a relationship, and, who developed an interest in the field due to the fact that her grandfather, Olek (Yossi Yadin, played by Micha Celektar as a younger man), was one too, discovers one day in one of the photos she took an interesting-looking man, Dan (Alon Abutbul), she did not notice while taking the picture. She begins looking for him, becoming obsessed with this search: Although Nina knows nothing about this man, she feels as if her relation to him is not some caprice, and knows he is meant for her and that she must find him, for, otherwise, she may not be able to live with herself.[2]
Reception
editWriting in Haaretz, critic Uri Klein opined that the film, "although taking place in contemporary times, has something old in it, of an older, different, Israel, much older in fact, in which young women lived with elderly men and served their most elementary romantic fantasies."[3]
References
edit- ^ Sason, Yasmin; Parkhomovsky, Marat (20 December 2010). מיכל בת־אדם. Israeli Cinema Testimonial Database (in Hebrew). Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ Elkariv, Yakir (2 March 1999). אל תתפלאו על הקהל אחר־כך [Do Not Be Stunned When the Audience Refuses to Come] (PDF). Yedioth Ahronoth (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ Klein, Uri (10 March 1999). עולם ילדותי [A Childish World] (PDF). Haaretz (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. Retrieved 22 March 2017.