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Love at Second Sight (1999 film)

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Love at Second Sight
Theatrical release poster
אהבה ממבט שני
Directed byMichal Bat-Adam
Written byMichal Bat-Adam
Produced byMichal Bat-Adam
Starring
CinematographyYoav Kosh
Edited byBoaz Leon
Music by
  • Daniel Mizrahi
  • Yehuda Oppenheimer
Production
companies
Distributed byNational Center for Jewish Film
Release date
  • 18 February 1999 (18 February 1999) (Israel)
Running time
90 Minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguageHebrew
Budget$ 400,000

Love at Second Sight (Hebrew: אהבה ממבט שני, romanizedAhava Mimabat Sheni) is a 1999 Israeli independent underground dramatic art film directed by Michal Bat-Adam.[1]

Synopsis

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Nina (Michal Zoharetz [he]), a 25-year-old photographer living with an 80-year-old senior, Frumin (Nathan Cogan [he; fr]), 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 [he; fr], played by Micha Celektar [he] 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

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Writing in Haaretz, critic Uri Klein [he] 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

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  1. ^ Sason, Yasmin; Parkhomovsky, Marat (20 December 2010). מיכל בת־אדם. Israeli Cinema Testimonial Database [he] (in Hebrew). Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Klein, Uri (10 March 1999). עולם ילדותי [A Childish World] (PDF). Haaretz (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
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