SWEET MUD
by Dror Shaul
synopsis
Israel, 1974. On a secluded kibbutz in the desert, 12-year-old Dvir realizes that his mother is mentally ill. In this closed community, Dvir must navigate between the kibbutz's absurd attempts to implement the ideal of equality and the painful reality that his mother has been abandoned by their community.
international title: | Sweet Mud |
original title: | Adama meshuga'at |
country: | Israel, France, Germany |
sales agent: | Global Screen GmbH (a brand of Telepool GmbH) |
year: | 2006 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Dror Shaul |
film run: | 90' |
release date: | DE 07/08/2008, FR 16/12/2009 |
screenplay: | Dror Shaul |
cast: | Tomer Steinhof, Ronit Yudkevitz, Shai Avivi, Pini Tavger, Gal Zaid, Henri Garcin, Daniel Kitsis, Idit Tzur, Joseph Korman, Rivka Neuman |
cinematography by: | Sebastian Edschmid |
film editing: | Isaac Sehayek |
art director: | Avishay Avivi |
costumes designer: | Rona Doron |
music: | Tsoof Philosof, Adi Renart |
producer: | Johannes Rexin, Dror Shaul, Bettina Brokemper, Philippa Kowarsky, Sharon Shamir, Edgard Temebaum |
production: | Heimatfilm GMBH + CO KG, Tu Vas Voir, Cinephil |
distributor: | Colifilms Diffusion |