I Like Mike (film)
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox film/short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".
I Like Mike (Template:Langx) 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] The plot is a romantic satire on the American dream pursued by many Israelis and the phenomenon of adoration for wealth and social status, which sometimes comes at the expense of true love. An ambitious mother tries to match her daughter with a young American millionaire, but both young people are in love with others.
This was Chaim Topol's first appearance in film. Avner Hizkiyahu plays 12 bearded characters. For the role of Mike, Sai Gitin was chosen. He happened to be an American student in Israel and successfully passed the screen test. This is his only film.
Salman al-Hozeil and members of his tribe also participate in the film. It was shot partly in Kibbutz Shoval. The film was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 1961 and is currently available for viewing on the Israel Film Archive website.
Plot
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
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
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Script error: No such module "If empty". at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:WikidataCheck