Sweet Mud (2006)

Original title

אדמה משוגעת

Directed by

Dror Shaul

Genre

drama film

Country

Israel, Germany

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy grows up on a kibbutz in the 1970s while caring for his mentally unstable mother. The story shows the pressures of communal life and family loyalty through the boy's eyes.

melancholicintimaterawquietly intensenostalgicbittersweetgroundedpersonal

What happens

Sweet Mud (Hebrew: אדמה משוגעת, romanized: Adamah Mishuga'at, lit. 'Crazy Land') is a 2006 Israeli satirical drama film written and directed by Dror Shaul. The semi-autobiographical film was shot on the kibbutzim of Ruhama and Nir Eliyahu, and draws on Shaul's memories of growing up on a kibbutz with his mentally unstable and widowed mother. This was the first film of the acting career of Daniel Kitsis. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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