Bar 51 (Hebrew: בר 51) is a 1986 Israeli independent underground dramatic art film directed by Amos Guttman and cowritten with Edna Mazia and Eli Tavor [he].

[1][2][3][4][5][6] The film deals with Thomas's incestuous love for his sister, Mariana: After they arrive together in Tel Aviv-Yafo, after escaping from Migdal HaEmek due to the death of their Christian mother, Ewa, and setting up housekeeping in the sleazy side of town, Thomas makes his money as "kept man" for two different women who are nightclub entertainers at a bar filled with homosexual, deformed, and inebriated workers, Luna and Zara a.k.a.

At the same time, he attracts the attentions of an amorous transvestite prostitute and stripper (“Ada Valerie-Tal” i.e. Sergiu Valerie) named "Apolonia Goldstein" (a character based on Gila Goldstein who performed in a real-life bar called Bar 51) who allows the siblings to live at his apartment.

The film, developed at Herzliya Studios and distributed by Shapira Films [he], stars inter alia Alon Abutbul, Mosko Alkalai,[7] Poly Reshef [he], and David Wilson and features music by Arik Rudich and Shimrit Or [he] (in addition to a song performed by Sarah'le Sharon and written by Dudu Barak and Yeshayahu (Shaike) Paikov [he]), cinematography by Yossi Wein [de],[8] editing by Tova Ascher,[9] and production by Enrique Rottenberg and Efrat Stieglitz [he].

[36] Several nowadays notable Israeli film people, such as Rona Doron [he], Levia Hon [he], and Yoni Hamenachem [he], started out as crew bit parts on this film and it is said to be a big influence on Sivan Levy, who covered some of its music (such as the 1937 song "My Funny Valentine" by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart).