West Side Girl

1979 Israeli film

George Ovadiah

Screenplay by

Bezalel Aloni
Michael Shvili

Produced by

Michael Shvili
Benni Shvily

Starring

Ofra Haza
Uri Selah
Menahem Einy
Avner Dan

Edited byZion AvrahamianMusic 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 minutesCountriesIsrael
United StatesLanguage

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

References

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