It appears: Habima will stage the first stage adaptation of the mythological film "Life According to Agfa" by Asi Dayan
First publication: Habima is in advanced negotiations to bring up next season a first stage adaptation of the mythological film "Life According to Agfa" by Asi Dayan, against the background of its release.
Gila Almagor has expressed interest in returning to her role in the film but the casting has not yet been determined.
On Saturday, he dropped from Habima's adaptation stages to Dayan's Givat Halfon
Sagi Ben Nun
24/11/2021
Wednesday, 24 November, 2021, 12:26 Updated: 13:01
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First stage adaptation.
The movie "Life According to Agfa" (Photo: Yoav Kush)
First publication: Habima Theater is in advanced talks to stage a first stage adaptation based on "Life According to Agfa", one of the most important and successful films written and directed by Asi Dayan, and will mark its 30th anniversary next year. The stage adaptation is expected to be signed by playwrights Shlomit Arnon Bar-Lev and Einat Baranowski.
Consent in principle for raising the stage adaptation has already been given by the parties - the National Theater, the Dayan family and the playwrights who will work. If the advanced contacts mature, the play is expected to air next season of the theater, which will also be the first new season since the theater passed into the ownership of the Tel Aviv Municipality.
Walla learned more! A culture that revealed Almagor, who in the original film played the character of the pub owner "Barbie", expressed a desire to return to her role in the stage adaptation of the film. However, the castings have not yet been set.
If the negotiations on "Life According to Agfa" mature, it will be another stage adaptation on stage for Asi Dayan's film, after last Saturday's last performance of "Givat Halfon Ina Ona" directed by Moshe Kaftan took place, which took place in March 2019 and has now taken off from the National Theater.
In contrast to the musical "Givat Halfon", which combined a new frame story with the story of the original film, in the case of the adaptation of "Agfa" the intention is to create a play and not a musical, as well as remain true to the original story of the film.
Habima's response has not yet been received.
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Another one based on his film.
The late Asi Dayan (Photo: Doubt 500, Shmuel Rahmani)
The film "Life According to Agfa", written and directed by Asi Dayan and produced by Rafi Bukai and Yoram Kislev, reflected Israel in the early 1990s, the period of the first intifada, through an evening description in a Tel Aviv pub called "Barbie" (the film came out before the same club was established the Name). He presented conflicts in Israeli society and at their center the Israeli-Arab conflict, and included a violent and difficult end that some consider to be a pessimistic prophecy on the part of Dayan for civil war in Israeli society. The Israeli Film Foundation asked at the time to cancel the massacre scene at the end of the film.
"Life According to Agfa" was filmed in black and white, accompanied by songs by Leonard Cohen and singer Danny Litani, who starred in the film as the pub singer.
The film has received rave reviews and many consider it Asi Dayan's best film.
He was nominated for a Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival and won a commendation there for directing.
In addition, in his release year he won nine Ophir Awards, including awards for Best Picture, Director, Screenplay (given to Assi Dayan), Lead Actor (given to Shuli Rand), Supporting Actor (Sharon Alexander) and Supporting Actress (Avital Dicker).
Also starring in the film: Irit Frank, Smadar Kilchansky, Ezra Kafri, Shmil Ben-Ari, Danny Litani and also Asi Dayan himself.
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