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I Like Mike (film)
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Wikipedia article
'I Like Mike' is a 1961 Israeli drama film directed by Canadian-born Peter Frye. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. It was based on Aharon Megged's play, which was performed at the Habima theatre.[http://jpress.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_Heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?parm=WdLBrJdQ1sLHY%2BXA0uRnlXj5P4%2BMtq1mY7mVpOk2wgemDS9nuWRA3yzIAIJjMPtpYw%3D%3D&mode=image&href=DAV%2f1956%2f09%2f21&page=6&rtl=true I Like Mike in Habima], Davar, September 21, 1956
Plot
Yafa Arieli wants to marry her daughter to Mike, a young American and son of a Texas tycoon visiting in Israel, but her daughter Tamara is in love with Micha, a Nahal officer and a poor kibbutznik. During his flight to Israel, Mike sees in the newspaper a picture of a Yemenite soldier, fell in love with her, and swears to find her. Eventually, Mike finds Nilli, the Yemenite soldier who lives in a kibbutz in the Negev region, and decides to become a Kibbutznik.Meir Schnitzer, Israeli Cinema: Facts/ Plots/ Directors / Opinions, Kinneret Publishing House, 1994. P. 52.Amy Kornish and Costel Safirman, Israeli Film A Reference Guide, Praeger, 2003, p. 81.
Cast
* Batya Lancet as the mother, Yafa Arieli
* Gideon Singer
* Ze'ev Berlinsky
* Ilana Rovina as the daughter, Tamar
* Meira Shor
* Seymour Gitin as Mike (Michael Abrahams), an American tourist
* Topol
* Geula Nuni
* Avner Hizkiyahu
* Eitan Gitin
* Bernie Rachelle as Arik (with Topol)
References
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