I Like Mike (film)

I Like Mike (Hebrew: איי לייק מייק) is a 1961 Israeli drama film directed by Canadian-born Peter Frye and co-written by him and by Israeli author and 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]

I Like Mike
Directed byPeter Frye
Written byPeter Frye
Aharon Meged
Produced byYitzhak Agadati
Mordecai Navon
Ya'akov Shteiner
StarringBatya Lancet
CinematographyNissim Leon
Edited byNellie Gilad
Production
company
Release date
  • 1961 (1961)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguageHebrew

Plot

Yafa Arieli wants to marry her daughter, Tamara to Mike, a young American and son of a Texas tycoon visiting in 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:

References
  1. "Festival de Cannes: I Like Mike". Cannes Festival. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  2. I Like Mike in Habima, Davar, 21 September 1956
  3. Schnitzer, Meir (1994). Israeli Cinema: Facts/ Plots/ Directors / Opinions. Kinneret Publishing House. p. 52.
  4. Kornish, Amy; Safirman, Costel. Israeli Film – A Reference Guide, Praeger, 2003, p. 81.
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