SYNOPSIS: On a kibbutz in southern Israel, 12-year-old Dvir must endure grueling tests of manhood - but these trials pale in comparison with the troubles brought on by his mother, Miri, whose sanity is quickly fading.  As the community ostracizes Miri, young Dvir begins to question the kibbuitz's rigid, utopian rules in this episodic coming of age tale that won the Dramatic World Cinema Prize at Sundance 2007.

EDITORIAL REVIEW:  Roughly translated from Hebrew, kibbutz means: gathering, together.  A kibbutz is an Israeli collective community.  In laymen's terms, "one giant family" where the "family" is segregated.  All the women live together, all the men live together and all the children live together all inside one community (usually guarded by armed men and barbed wire fences).  They all work for the better of the community, and within the community with very little or no outside help.

Dvir, played by Tomer Steinhof, is a part of this community where, right from birth, he is cared for by other members of the kibbutz but never his own mother, and accepts this life-hand he has been dealt.  Dvir's mother, Miri, played by Ronit Yudkevitz, is a little....well, "loopy" and has some issues about the kibbutz and their strict rules  When Miri attempts to bring in an outsider, tempers flare and Dvir begins to think his time on the kibbutz may soon come to an end sooner than he thought.

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STARRING: Tomer Steinhof, Ronit Yudkevitz, Shai Avivi, Pini Tavger.
AVAILABILITY: In stock! Ships within one business day.
LENGTH: 97 minutes.
LANGUAGE: Hebrew / French, OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES.
SPECIAL FEATURES: 1.85:1 (16:9 Widescreen); 2.0 Dolby Digital Sound; 1 disc; Chapter selection; Uncut.
VIEWER DISCRETION: Sexual innuendo, violence, coarse language.
PICTURE QUALITY: Excellent picture quality. (what's this mean?)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Israel / Germany / Japan (2006).
ALSO KNOWN AS: Crazy Mud (literal title) / Adama Meshuga'at (original title).
DATE ADDED TO OUR LIBRARY:  December 28, 2007.
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