Life Is Life (film)

2003 Israeli film

Life Is Life

Theatrical release poster

חיים זה חיים
Directed by| Michal Bat-Adam
Written by| Michal Bat-Adam
Produced by|

* Moshé Mizrahi
* Michal Bat-Adam

Starring|

* Moshe Ivgy
* Yael Abecassis
* Hanny Nahmias
* Yigal Sade [he]
* Rivka Michaeli
* Rivka Gur [he]
* Rita Shukrun [he]
* Adi Gilat [he]
* Michal Levi [he]
* Chana Pete
* Noa Port
* Moshé Mizrahi

Cinematography| Yoav Kosh
Edited by| Sharon Guetta
Music by| Daniel Mizrahi

Production
companies

* Israel Film Fund [he]
* Tel Aviv Foundation [he]
* The Yehoshua Rabinovich Tel Aviv Foundation for the Arts [he]

Distributed by| Eden Cinema

Release dates

* 30 August 2003 (2003-08-30) (Montreal World Film Festival)
* 10 October 2003 (2003-10-10) (Israel)

Running time

| 90 Minutes
Country| Israel
Language| Hebrew
Budget| ₪ 1,570,800

Life Is Life (Hebrew: חיים זה חיים, tr. Haïm Ze Haïm) is a 2003 Israeli independent underground dramatic art film directed by Michal Bat-Adam.[1]

## Synopsis

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Macky (Moshe Ivgy), a 50-year-old novelist and university lecturer, is having an affair with Ayala (Yael Abecassis), his 32-year-old former student who is currently a literature teacher. Ayala's husband leaves home and she, offended, collapses. Despite her love for Macky, she refuses to meet him. Macky, heartbroken due to Ayala's lack of presence in his life, feels as if his ability to write has disappeared because of this fact. Surprisingly, he finds his way back to his own wife, Miriam (Hanny Nahmias), despite the fact that he has long ago ceased to be interested in her.[2][3]

## Reception

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Abroad, Variety critic Joe Leydon called the film a "melancholy dramedy about missed connections and libidinal vicissitudes" that "likely will satisfy discerning auds during its global fest tour."[4]

## References

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1. ^ Sason, Yasmin; Parkhomovsky, Marat (20 December 2010). מיכל בת־אדם. Israeli Cinema Testimonial Database [he] (in Hebrew). Retrieved 31 March 2017.+[he]&rft.atitle=מיכל+בת־אדם&rft.date=2010-12-20&rft.aulast=Sason&rft.aufirst=Yasmin&rft.au=Parkhomovsky,+Marat&rft_id=http://www.ictd.co.il/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%9C-%D7%91%D7%AA-%D7%90%D7%93%D7%9D/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Life+Is+Life+(film)" class="Z3988">
2. ^ Birenberg, Yoav (20 October 2003). מיכל בת אדם ומשה מזרחי. ראיון זוגי [Michal Bat-Adam and Moshé Mizrahi. An Interview of a Couple]. Yedioth Ahronoth (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
3. ^ Klein, Uri (15 October 2003). הסיפור הקצר של סהר, הרומן של מקי [Sahar's Short Story, Macky's Affair]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
4. ^ Leydon, Joe (29 June 2004). "Review: Life Is Life". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 23 March 2017.

## External links

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* Life Is Life at IMDb

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Michal Bat-Adam

Films|

* Moments (1979)
* The Thin Line (1980)
* Boy Meets Girl (1982)
* A Thousand and One Wives (1989)
* The Deserter's Wife (1991)
* Aya: Imagined Autobiography (1994)
* Love at Second Sight (1999)
* Life Is Life (2003)
* The Road to Where (2016)

Poem|

Morning Diaries (2017)

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