The Film Source Collection
Israel / 1979 / 94 mins / Color
Starring:
MICHEL BAT-ADAM, BRIGIT CATILLON
ASAF DAYAN and AVI PNINI
Photography: YVES LAFAYE
Written
& Directed by
MICHEL BAT-ADAM
Production
& Aristic Collaboration
by MOSHE MIZRAHI
Official
Selection
Cannes International Film Festival (1979) and at the Edinburgh Film Festival
Awarded
Best Israeli Film,
Best Director and Best Actress by
The Israeli Institute of Cinema
Two young women - Ann. French and Yola, an Israeli -meet on the train from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. It is if they have always known one another. Kindred spirits, they live five mavellous days - an intense and temptestuous relationship in the old city of Jerusalem.
The
arrival of Avi, Yola's boyfriend, pulls them apart. Five years later both
have married but neither has forgotten their passionate friendship, nourished
by a constant exchange of letters. Ann and Yola meet again and try to
recreate the magic of their first encounter.
