West Side Girl
Directed by
Screenplay by
  • Bezalel Aloni
  • Michael Shvili
Produced by
  • Michael Shvili
  • Benni Shvily
Starring
Edited byZion Avrahamian
Music byShaike Feikov
Production
company
Na'arat Haparvarim Ltd.
Release dates
  • February 19, 1979 (1979-02-19) (worldwide)
  • April 5, 1979 (1979-04-05) (United States)
Running time
94 minutes
CountriesIsrael, United States
Language
  • Hebrew

West Side Girl (Hebrew: נערת הפרברים, Na'arat Haparvarim) is a 1979 Israeli drama film directed by George Ovadiah, and starring Ofra Haza,[1] It sold 114,000 tickets in Israel.[2]

Plot

Vered (Ofra Haza) is a beautiful blind girl who sells chocolates and cigarettes in the streets. Vered is a gifted singer. She meets three young men who become her friends and raise money for surgery to restore her sight. One of them steals the money, two of them get arrested and the third takes her to the hospital. Vered is able to see again. After her friends leave prison and search for her, they find her in a music performance in Jerusalem. Although she never saw them, she recognize them and is excited to see them.[3]

Cast

  • Ofra Haza as Vered
  • Uri Selah as Avi
  • Menahem Einy as Chucho
  • Avner Dan as Susita
  • Ruth Bikel as Ruthie
  • Reuven Dayyan as Yechezkel

See also

References

  1. ↑ Meir Schnitzer, Israeli Cinema: Facts/ Plots/ Directors / Opinions, Kinneret Publishing House, 1994. P. 202.
  2. ↑ Frank Bren, Amy Kronish. World cinema: Israël. Flicks Books, 1996, p. 247.
  3. ↑ Amy Kornish and Costel Safirman, Israeli Film – A Reference Guide, Praeger, 2003, p. 152.
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