| I Like Mike | |
| Director: | Peter Frye |
| Producer: | Yitzhak Agadati Mordecai Navon Ya'akov Shteiner |
| Studio: | Geva Films |
| Starring: | Batya Lancet |
| Cinematography: | Nissim Leon |
| Editing: | Nellie Gilad |
| Runtime: | 120 minutes |
| Country: | Israel |
| Language: | Hebrew |
I Like Mike (Hebrew: איי לייק מייק) is a 1961 Israeli drama film directed by Canadian-born Peter Frye and co-written by him and Israeli playwright Aharon Megged. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film was based on Megged's 1956 play of the same name, which was performed at the Habima Theatre in Tel Aviv in 1957.[2]
Yafa Arieli wants to marry her daughter, Tamara to Mike, a young American and son of a Texas tycoon visiting Israel, but Tamara is in love with Micha, a Nahal officer and a poor kibbutznik. During his flight to Israel, Mike sees a newspaper picture of a Yemenite soldier, falls in love with her, and swears to find her. Eventually, Mike finds the soldier, Nilli, who lives in a kibbutz in the Negev region, and he decides to join the kibbutz.[3] [4]
The cast included Frye's then-wife Batya Lancet as the mother, Yafa Arieli, and: