Atalia
| Atalia | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Akiva Tevet |
| Screenplay by | Tzvika Kertzner |
| Story by | Yitzhak Ben Ner |
| Produced by | Omri Maron Danny Shick Shmuel Shiloh |
| Starring | Michal Bat-Adam Yiftah Katzor Yossi Polak Dan Toren |
| Cinematography | Nurith Aviv |
| Edited by | Ruben Korenfeld |
| Music by | Nachum Heiman |
| Distributed by | Ergo Media (US) |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Israel |
| Language | Hebrew |
Atalia (Hebrew: עתליה) is a 1984 Israeli drama directed by Akiva Tevet. It was adapted from a story by Yitzhak Ben Ner and mostly shot on location at Kibbutz Yakum.
Plot
Atalia (
puritanical
society, the strait-jacket of its conservative view of masculinity, and the conformity of her daughter all provide a backdrop to Atalia's problems.
Cast
- Michal Bat-Adam as Atalia
- Yiptach Katzur as Matti
- Rafael Klatchkin
- Yossi Pollack
- Dan Toren
- Gail Ben-Ner as Netta
- Yair Rubin
- Tamar Amiran
Significance of the name
The original
secularist
name associated with the sector of Israeli society which tends to rebel against old traditions and conventions and seek new ways. This meaning is obvious to Israeli audiences, and clearly has some relevance to the film's themes.
Critical reception
The film received poor reviews and poor attendance at the box office (only 80,000 tickets were sold).[1]
References
- ^ Judd Ne'eman, "Israeli Cinema," in Oliver Leaman, ed., Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film (Routledge, 2001), p. 243.
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