Lemarit Ain (2006)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Daniel Syrkin

Writer:

Noa Greenberg (writer)

Release Date:

2 March 2006 (Israel)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Ya'ara, 24 years old, is attractive, independent, confident and intelligent, and she has just begun her PhD in Mathematics at Princeton University...

Plot Keywords:

Suicide | Princeton | Blind | Piano | Butterfly

Awards:

5 wins

Cast

Tali Sharon	...	Yaara
Assi Dayan	...	Rephael
Sandra Sade	...	Hana
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Aloni	...	Tomer the Lifeguard
Avigail Harari	...	Young Yaara
Guy Loel	...	Gidi
Yisrael Poliakov	...	Oria
Hadas Yaron	...	Young Talia Wolach

Also Known As:

Out of Sight (International: English title)

Runtime:

France:86 min

Country:

Israel

Language:

Hebrew

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Ben-Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel

Deserves to be Widely Seen

I won't give anything away by describing the plot of this film other than to say that it begins with the return to Israel of a young blind woman whose closest friend and companion has just committed suicide. It unfolds like a detective story as the blind woman tries to figure out why her friend ended her life. As she pursues her investigation and the information accumulates, it leads inexorably to a devastating conclusion. The film is expertly paced and the acting, especially by Talia Sharon as Ya'ara, the blind woman, is excellent. Israeli film has definitely come of age and is now fully competitive with other foreign films, though few have found a large audience in the U.S.