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.
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Slava Chaplin Director · Lena Chaplin Director Moshe Zonder Screenplay
First release January 1, 2008 · Produced in Israel · Original title מוקי בוערה
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Original title
מוקי בוערה
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Hebrew
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Israel · January 1, 2008
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