I Like Mike (film)
| I Like Mike | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Peter Frye |
| Written by | Peter Frye Aharon Meged |
| Produced by | Yitzhak Agadati Mordecai Navon Ya'akov Shteiner |
| Starring | Batya Lancet |
| Cinematography | Nissim Leon |
| Edited by | Nellie Gilad |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Israel |
| Language | Hebrew |
I Like Mike (Hebrew: איי לייק מייק) is a 1961 Israeli drama film directed by Canadian-born Peter Frye and co-written by him and Israeli playwright Aharon Megged. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film was based on Megged's 1956 play of the same name, which was performed at the Habima Theatre in Tel Aviv in 1957.[2]
Plot
[edit]Yafa Arieli wants to marry her daughter, Tamara to Mike, a young American and son of a Texas tycoon visiting Israel, but Tamara is in love with Micha, a Nahal officer and a poor kibbutznik. During his flight to Israel, Mike sees a newspaper picture of a Yemenite soldier, falls in love with her, and swears to find her. Eventually, Mike finds the soldier, Nilli, who lives in a kibbutz in the Negev region, and he decides to join the kibbutz.[3][4]
Cast
[edit]The cast included Frye's then-wife Batya Lancet as the mother, Yafa Arieli, and:
- Gideon Singer as Benjamin Arieli
- Ze'ev Berlinsky
- Ilana Rovina as the daughter, Tamar
- Meira Shor
- Seymour Gitin as Michael "Mike" Abrahams, an American tourist
- Topol as Mikha
- Geula Nuni
- Avner Hizkiyahu
- Eitan Gitin
- Bernie Rachelle as Arik (with Topol)
References
[edit]- ^ "Festival de Cannes: I Like Mike". Cannes Festival. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ I Like Mike in Habima, Davar, 21 September 1956
- ^ Schnitzer, Meir (1994). Israeli Cinema: Facts/ Plots/ Directors / Opinions. Kinneret Publishing House. p. 52.
- ^ Kornish, Amy; Safirman, Costel. Israeli Film – A Reference Guide, Praeger, 2003, p. 81.
External links
[edit]- I Like Mike at IMDb
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