Hide and Seek (1980 film)

Hide and Seek (Hebrew: מחבואים, Machboim) is an Israeli drama film, directed by Dan Wolman and released in 1980.[1] Billed as the first Israeli film ever to address themes of homosexuality, the film is set in Mandatory Palestine in 1946.[2]

Hide and Seek
Machboim
Directed byDan Wolman
Produced byJeffrey Justin
Dan Wolman
Written byAvi Cohen
Dan Wolman
StarringGila Almagor
Benyamin Armon
Chaim Hadaya
Efrat Lavie
Rahel Shor
Doron Tavory
Music byAmnon Wolman
CinematographyIlan Rosenberg
Edited byShosh Wolman
Release date
12 December 1980
Running time
90 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguageHebrew

The film centers on Uri, a young boy who lives with his grandfather as his parents are involved in the resistance movement against the British occupation. He has a warm and friendly relationship with his tutor Balaban, but follows him one day and witnesses him having sex with an Arab man, leading to tragic consequences when he reports Balaban to the Haganah.[3] The film's cast includes Gila Almagor, Benyamin Armon, Chaim Hadaya, Efrat Lavie, Rahel Shor and Doron Tavory.

References

  1. "Hide and Seek". Israeli Film Center.
  2. Yosefa Loshitzky, Identity Politics on the Israeli Screen. University of Texas Press, 2010. ISBN 9780292778207. p. 167.
  3. Amy Kronish and Costel Safirman, Israeli Film: A Reference Guide. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003. ISBN 9780313321443, p. 76.


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