An Intimate Story

An Intimate Story (Hebrew: סיפור אינטימי) is a 1981 Israeli drama directed by Nadav Levitan. It was based on a short story written by Levitan and filmed in its entirety in Kibbutz Einat.^[1]

An Intimate Story
סיפור אינטימי
Directed by	Nadav Levitan
Written by	Nadav Levitan
Produced by	Eitan Evan Nissim Levy
Starring	Chava Alberstein Alexander Peleg
Cinematography	Gadi Danzig
Edited by	Isaac Sehayek
Music by	Nachum Heiman
Distributed by	Ergo Media (US)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Israel
Language	Hebrew

The script was written by Levitan together with Dalia Mevorach . It is the first of a trilogy of films Nadav Levitan wrote and directed which revolve around life in the Kibbutz. The other two are "Stalin's Disciples" (1987) and "No Names On The Doors" (1997).

Plot

The film follows a married couple, Leah (Chava Alberstein) and Ya'akov (Alexander Peleg), who live on a kibbutz in the 1970s. Over a period of ten years, all of their attempts to conceive a child have been unsuccessful and their marriage begins to disintegrate as each suffers silently and blames the other. Their difficulties are compounded – and the damaging effects of the lack of privacy in an insular communal environment underscored – when their inability to conceive becomes a matter of public knowledge and gossip among the kibbutz members.

Cast

• Chava Alberstein as Leah Gootman
• Alexander Peleg as Ya'akov
• Dan Toren
• Gilat Ankori
• Peter Freistadt
• Shmuel Shilo
• Shmuel Wolf

Production

Levitan and Chava Alberstein, met on the set of the film and got married after that.^[1]