An Intimate Story

An Intimate Story (סיפור אינטימי) is a 1981 Israeli drama directed by Nadav Levitan. It was based on a short story written by Levitan and filmed in its entirety on Kibbutz Einat.

Plot
The film follows a married couple, Leah (Chava Alberstein) and Ya'akov (Alexander Peleg), who live on a kibbutz in the 1970s. Over a period of ten years, all of their attempts to conceive a child have been unsuccessful and their marriage begins to disintegrate as each suffers silently and blames the other. Their difficulties are compounded – and the damaging effects of the lack of privacy in an insular communal environment underscored – when their inability to conceive becomes a matter of public knowledge and gossip among the kibbutz members.

Cast

 * Chava Alberstein as Leah Gootman
 * Alexander Peleg as Ya'akov
 * Dan Toren
 * Gilat Ankori
 * Peter Freistadt
 * Shmuel Shilo
 * Shmuel Wolf

Production
Levitan met his future wife, Chava Alberstein, on the set of the film.