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Year: 2018
Country: France, Israel
Director: Yolande Zauberman
Genre: documentary
Runtime: 105 min.
Age: 18+

MIFF-2019. Euphoria of Delusions Program

Menahem Lang, an actor with an extraordinary singing voice, returns to Bnei Brak, the city in Israel where he grew up and a center of ultra-orthodox Judaism. Now in his 30s, Lang left the city at 20, following years of rape and sexual abuse by elder, devout family men in the community. Yet, Lang was far from being an isolated case: his conversations with other abused young men document a cycle of sexual predators and tormented lives.

Awards & Festivals:

Locarno International Film Festival – Special Jury Prize, Junior Jury Award (Environment is Quality of Life Prize)
FICUMAN Festival International de Cine UNAM – Puma International Competition
Seville European Film Festival – participation 
IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival – participation 
Hong Kong International Film Festival – participation 
Hamburg Film Festival – participation