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An Intimate Story
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Wikipedia article
'An Intimate Story' is a 1981 Israeli drama directed by Nadav Levitan. It was based on a short story written by Levitan and filmed in its entirety on 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).
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 met his future wife, Chava Alberstein, on the set of the film.
References
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