Sweet Mud ( Adama Meshuga'at ) ( Crazy Mud )

Sweet Mud (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Adama Meshuga'at
Alternate Title: Crazy Mud
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Hebrew ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Booklet

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Israel ( Africa, Middle East )
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Dror Shaul

Written By:
Dror Shaul

Actors:
Tomer Steinhof ..... Dvir
Ronit Yudkevitz ..... Miri
Shai Avivi ..... Avraham
Pini Tavger ..... Eyal
Gal Zaid ..... Shimshon
Henri Garcin ..... Stephan
Daniel Kitsis ..... Maya
Idit Tzur ..... Hanna
Joseph Korman ..... Zvi
Sharon Zuckerman ..... Etty
Rivka Neuman ..... Zila (as Rika Nueman)
Ami Weil ..... Uzi
Hila Ofer ..... Linda
Omer Berger ..... Ronen
Natan Sgan-Cohen ..... Avi

Synopsis:

A boy edging into his teens has to deal with his unstable mother and a commune full of eccentrics along with the typical dilemmas of growing up in this satirical comedy drama from Israel. In 1974, Dvir (Tomer Steinhof) is soon to turn 13 and lives with his mom Miri (Ronit Yudkevitch) at the Bet Gvurot Kibbutz, a progressive collective populated by people who take pride in their open-minded attitudes. However, they're not so easygoing when it comes to Miri; she's been sent to a mental hospital more than once, and her instability is more than most of the residents want to deal with, leaving Dvir to look after his mother with the help of his older brother Eyal (Pini Tabger). Miri persuades her Swiss boyfriend Stephan (Henri Garcin) to join her at the kibbutz, even though he isn't Jewish, but he isn't welcomed by the other residents, and an unpleasant incident involving a neighbor's dog turns the couple into outcasts. In the midst of all this, Dvir is trying to prepare for his bar mitzvah, which at the kibbutz is combined with a severe regimen of survival training; he also gets a crash course in his ongoing maturity when he develops a crush on Maya (Danielle Kitzis), a cute girl his age. Sweet Mud (aka Adama Meshuga'at) received its North American premiere at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival.

Coming-of-age story set on a kibbutz in southern Israel in the 1970s. A young boy comes to realise that his mother is mentally-ill and struggles to look after them both in a community which is not as supportive as he hopes for.

Set in mid-70's, 12-year old Dvir Avni navigates between the equality values of his home-born Kibbutz and the relationship with his undermined mother, whom the Kibbutz members will to denounce. |

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 18 March, 2009.

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