An Intimate Story
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| name = An Intimate Story
| image = An Intimate Story Poster.jpg
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| native_name = סיפור אינטימי
| director = Nadav Levitan
| producer = Eitan Evan
Nissim Levy
| writer = Nadav Levitan
| screenplay =
| story =
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| starring = Chava Alberstein
Alexander Peleg
| music = Nachum Heiman
| cinematography = Gadi Danzig
| editing = Isaac Sehayek
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| distributor = Ergo Media (US)
| released =
| runtime = 87 minutes
| country = Israel
| language = Hebrew
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An Intimate Story ({{langx|he|סיפור אינטימי}}) is a 1981 Israeli drama directed by Nadav Levitan. It was based on a short story written by Levitan and filmed in its entirety in Kibbutz Einat.Nirit Anderman (January 12, 2010), [http://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/nadav-levitan-1945-2010-1.261305 "Nadav Levitan, 1945-2010"], Haaretz (accessed November 10, 2012).
The script was written by Levitan together with Dalia Mevorach . It is the first of a trilogy of films Nadav Levitan wrote and directed which revolve around life in the Kibbutz. The other two are "Stalin's Disciples" (1987) and "No Names On The Doors" (1997).
Plot
The film follows a married couple, Leah (Chava Alberstein) and Ya'akov (Alexander Peleg), who live on a kibbutz in the 1970s. Over a period of ten years, all of their attempts to conceive a child have been unsuccessful and their marriage begins to disintegrate as each suffers silently and blames the other. Their difficulties are compounded – and the damaging effects of the lack of privacy in an insular communal environment underscored – when their inability to conceive becomes a matter of public knowledge and gossip among the kibbutz members.
Cast
- Chava Alberstein as Leah Gootman
- Alexander Peleg as Ya'akov
- Dan Toren
- Gilat Ankori
- Peter Freistadt
- Shmuel Shilo
- Shmuel Wolf
Production
Levitan and Chava Alberstein, met on the set of the film and got married after that.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0083084|An Intimate Story}}
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Category:1980s Hebrew-language films
Category:Films about the kibbutz
Category:Films directed by Nadav Levitan
Category:Films set in the 1970s
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