Beyond the Sea (1991 film)

Beyond the Sea
Directed byJacob Goldwasser
Written byHaim Marin
Produced byRonni Akerman
Marek Rozenbaum
StarringAryeh Moskona
Dafna Rechter
Moti Giladi
Mili Avital
Yair Lapid
CinematographyDavid Gurfinkel
Edited byAnat Lubarsky
Music byShlomo Gronich
Release date
  • 1991 (1991)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguageHebrew
Mili Avital, Dafna Rechter, and Aryeh Moskona.
Yair Lapid in a scene from the film.
Moti Giladi in a scene from the film.

Beyond the Sea (Hebrew: מעבר לים, translit. Me'ever Layam, also known as Over the Ocean[1]) is a 1991 Israeli drama film directed by Jacob Goldwasser. It stars Aryeh Moskona, Dafna Rechter, Moti Giladi, and Mili Avital. Yair Lapid, who later became Prime Minister of Israel, was also in the cast.[2] The film, a family drama set in the 1960s, was critically acclaimed, and won the Ophir Award for Best Film.[3] The film was selected as the Israeli entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[4]

  1. ^ Beyond the Sea at IMDb
  2. ^ Pfeffer, Anshel (3 July 2022). "Yair Lapid takes power but can the Israeli Boris beat Bibi twice?". The Times. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  3. ^ Leaman, Oliver (16 December 2003). Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film. Routledge. p. 333. ISBN 978-1-134-66252-4.
  4. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences