Boy Meets Girl ( Ben Loke'ah Bat) is a 1982 Israeli drama directed by Michal Bat-Adam. It was filmed on location at Kibbutz Ma'ayan Tzvi.
The film is named after a dance game of the same name. The film explores the conflicts between the contrasting cultures of that time in Israeli society, where kibbutzim still held a key canonical role. It examines the relationship between the urban outsider and the kibbutz native, highlighting the differences and tensions between them.
The plot is a semi-autobiographical account of Bat-AdamâÂÂs own upbringing at a kibbutz boarding school. Her 1994 film, ' (), revisits the character of Aya, who is now a married woman haunted by her past.
Aya (Einat Helfman) is a shy 10-year-old girl who has grown up in Tel Aviv. When her parents, who are both doctors, travel to Thailand as part of their work, Aya is placed in a boarding school on a kibbutz. As an outsider, she has difficulty adjusting to the insularity and unfamiliar values and practices of kibbutz society. She struggles to cope with the challenges of living with dozens of her peers in a communal children's dormitory where there is no separation according to gender.