''Boy Meets Girl'' ( he, בן לוקח בת ''Ben Loke'ah Bat'') is a 1982

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i drama directed by

Michal Bat-Adam Michal Bat-Adam ( he, מיכל בת-אדם; born March 2, 1945) is an Israeli film director, producer, screenwriter, actress, and musician. Her films deal with complex and conflicted relationships, especially relationships within families. She als ...

. It was filmed on location at

Kibbutz A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...

Ma'ayan Tzvi Ma'ayan Tzvi ( he, מַעְיַן צְבִי, ''lit.'' Zvi's Spring) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Zikhron Ya'akov, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The kibbutz ...

. The story is a semi-autobiographical account of Bat-Adams' own upbringing at a

kibbutz A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...

boarding school A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. As they have existed for many centuries, and now exten ...

.Amy Kronish (1 March 2009)
"Filmmakers, Israeli", ''Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia''
Jewish Women's Archive (retrieved 10 November 2012). Her 1994 film, '' Aya: Imagined Autobiography'' ( he, איה), revisits the character of Aya, who is now a married woman haunted by her past.

Plot

Aya (Einat Helfman) is a shy 10-year-old girl who has grown up in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

. When her parents, who are both doctors, travel to

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

as part of their work, Aya is placed in a

on a

. As an outsider, she has difficulty adjusting to the insularity and unfamiliar values and practices of kibbutz society. She struggles to cope with the challenges of living with dozens of her peers in a communal children's dormitory where there is no separation according to gender.

Cast

* Einat Helfman as Aya * as Ina * as Aya's father * Shai Golan as Zvika * Gill Dontchevzky as Neni * Ayala Fiszel as Hanna's Mother * Erella Ashkenazi as Teacher * Andrea Sade as English Teacher * Dina Limon as Teacher * Assaf Zur as Giora * Osnat Farago as Hanna * Eyal Fox as Dodo * Boaz Rekiewicz as Roni * Amalya Dayan as Amalya

References

External links

* * 1982 films 1980s Hebrew-language films Films about the kibbutz 1982 drama films Films directed by Michal Bat-Adam Israeli drama films {{1980s-drama-film-stub