West Side Girl (, Na'arat Haparvarim) is a 1979 Israeli drama film directed by George Ovadiah, and starring Ofra Haza, It sold 114,000 tickets in Israel.

Plot

Vered (Ofra Haza) is a beautiful blind girl who sells chocolates and cigarettes in the streets. Vered is a gifted singer. She meets three young men who become her friends and raise money for surgery to restore her sight. One of them steals the money, two of them get arrested and the third takes her to the hospital. Vered is able to see again. After her friends leave prison and search for her, they find her in a music performance in Jerusalem. Although she never saw them, she recognize them and is excited to see them.

West Side Girl

Cast

Ofra Haza as Vered

Uri Selah as Avi

Menahem Einy as Chucho

Avner Dan as Susita

Ruth Bikel as Ruthie

Reuven Dayyan as Yechezkel

See also

Bourekas film

Cinema of Israel

References

External links

1970s musical comedy films

1979 films

Films about blind people

1970s Hebrew-language films

Israeli comedy films

Israeli drama films

1979 comedy films

West Side Girl