Light Out of Nowhere

Overview

A sensitive teenager living in a poor Tel Aviv suburb grapples with a range of pressures in his neighborhood—both personal and social. Nissim Dayan on his film: “First and foremost, it’s important for me to emphasize that I’m a local patriot; I have no mixed feelings about Tel Aviv. I made this film in the neighborhood out of genuine love for it, for its people, and for what it symbolizes to me…” The film, considered a pioneer of Israeli political cinema, draws heavily on 1960s Italian cinema (Pazolini’s *Accattone*, for example), known as the second generation of Italian neorealism.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 2, 1973

Original language

English

Spoken languages

Hebrew

Cast

Victor Atar,Shlomo Bassan,Baruch Berkin

Director

Nissim Dayan

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0070319