Burning Mooki

Story

Synopsis

When Mooky is fifteen, his beloved father dies a sudden death, and his place is taken by Yanek - an impulsive, rough, yet generous man who is regarded as a controversial figure due to his doings in the Holocaust in the Zonder Commando. He brutally invades Mooky's life and turns it upside-down. During Mookys teenage years, which are affected by his seductive mother Tinka, he deals with unfulfilled love for one girl and a dominated relationship with another. One day Mooky returns to his mother's home, deranged, and does something from which there is no turning back. Twenty years later, Mooky must decide whether to attend his mother's funeral and re-open his wounds of the past.

Directors

Lena Chaplin, Slava Chaplin

Writers

Moshe Zonder

Language

Hebrew (modern)

Country

Israel

Release date

1 January 2008

Ensemble

Cast

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  Yehuda Almagor

  Janek

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  Efrat Ben-Zur

  Tenka

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  Yoav Koresh

  Mooki

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  Sivan Levy

  Rocha