Out of Sight (2006)
"Lemarit Ain" (original title)

Ya'ara, 24 years old, is attractive, independent, confident and intelligent, and she has just begun her PhD in Mathematics at Princeton University. Ya'ara is blind. When she hears of her ... See full summary »

Director:

Daniel Syrkin

Writer:

Noa Greenberg

Stars:

Tali Sharon, Assi Dayan, Sandra Sade

6 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Credited 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

Storyline

Ya'ara, 24 years old, is attractive, independent, confident and intelligent, and she has just begun her PhD in Mathematics at Princeton University. Ya'ara is blind. When she hears of her cousin Talia's suicide, she rushes back to Israel. They were best of friends and twin spirits. Talia saw for both of them, and was always the one who believed and led Ya'ara to believe, that in spite of her blindness, Ya'ara could see everything. Ya'ara joins Talia's family for the traditional 7-day mourning period "The Shiv'a" and there, she discovers the secrets of Talia's life and embarks on an investigation trying to discover the reason that led Talia to commit suicide. Lies, secrets and gaps are revealed in this powerful story

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Plot Keywords:

suicide | blindness | princeton | swimming pool | blood | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

Israel

Language:

Hebrew

Release Date:

2 March 2006 (Israel)

Also Known As:

Out of Sight

Filming Locations:

Ben-Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Remade as Lies in Plain Sight (2010)

User Reviews

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.