Big Eyes

Big Eyes (1974)

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Benny Furman is a basketball headcoach who can't decide what he really wants.

Date of release
1974-01-02
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 15m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Uri Zohar

Casting

Interesting facts

Big Eyes is a 1974 Israeli New Sensibility comedy-drama directed by Uri Zohar. It was written by Yaakov Shabtai and Zohar. It is the second of Zohar's Tel Aviv Trilogy of films, preceded by Metzitzim (1972) and followed by Save the Lifeguard.

Production

The production again brought together Zohar and his long-term collaborator and friend, Arik Einstein. Zohar spoke about the film in the 2018 documentary, Zohar: The Return: “In the end, we played ourselves, our lives.” The character of Benny's wife is played by Zohar's real-life wife, Elia Zohar, whereas Alona Einstein, Einstein's recently-divorced wife, plays Yossi's girlfriend.

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