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.
Acting
Tomer Steinhof's crushing child performance.
Direction
Shaul's unflinching kibbutz-as-pressure-cooker vision.
Cinematography
Golden fields hiding rot underneath.
Director
Dror Shaul
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Dror Shaul grew up on a kibbutz; this is basically autobiographical trauma with a budget.
The film sparked real debate in Israel about kibbutzim hiding mental illness and 'inconvenient' women.
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