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Sweet Mud

Germany/Israel 2006, 100 minutes in 35 mm/Digital
Directed by Dror Shaul
Script Dror Shaul
Actor Henri Garcin, Tomer Steinhof, Ronit Yudkevitch
Camera Sebastian Edschmid
Cut Isaac Sehayek
Produced by Bettina Brokemper, Philippa Kowarsky, Johannes Rexin, Sharon Shamir, Dror Shaul, Edgard Tenembaum
Sponsored by Filmstiftung NRW
Genre Drama, Family, Feature
Film tags berlinale beziehung hebräisch kibbuz kindheit mutter kind beziehung spielfilm
vorlage Film
A kibbutz in Israel, 1974: Dvir, 12, is entering his bar mitzvah year. He will have many difficult tasks to fulfill on the road to becoming a man; but the most difficult one of all is coping with his fragile mother Miri, whom he loves above all
else. When Stephan, Miri´s Swiss boyfriend, comes to visit, he captures Dvir´s heart and makes Miri happier than she´s been in years. But Stephan crosses the boundaries of this closed community by attacking one of the members in an attempt to protect Dvir, and is forced to leave. This turn of events breaks Miri´s spirit and fractures her delicate status in the kibbutz. Dvir feels that he is the only one who can help


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Awards (Selection)

2007 Glass Bear for the best Feature Movie, Berlinale
Dramatic World Cinema Jury Award, International Film Festival Sundance, Park City, USA

Audience Award in the "World Dramatic Feature Competition", Miami International Film Festival, USA
Nova Award, Young Pople\'s Preis, International Filmfestival Montpellier, France
2006 Best Film, Best Music, Best Soundtrack, Best Art Design, Israeli Academy Award, Israel

Festivals (Selection)

2007 Bermuda Film Festival








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