Underplayed Gems

Children of the Sun (2007)

Children of the Sun poster
Original title
ילדי השמש
Directed by
Ran Tal
Genre
documentary film
Country
Israel
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
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How it feels

The film uses interviews and archival footage to explore what it was like to grow up in the Israeli kibbutz system. It focuses on the personal memories and feelings of former members.

nostalgicintrospectivebittersweetreflectivepersonalreservedobservational

What happens

Children of the Sun (Hebrew: ילדי השמש) is a 2007 documentary film about the Israeli kibbutz directed by Ran Tal. It won the Best Documentary and Best Editing Awards at the 2007 Jerusalem Film Festival and Best Documentary at the 2008 Ophir Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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