• Archive - Festival 35
  • Director: Aviv Or Meshulam
  • Israel 2019
  • 60 minutes
  • Hebrew
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

“I was sixteen years old when my older sister Rachel moved to Kibbutz Neot Smadar. Many rumors spread about this secluded place that some saw as a sect headed by a Guru Josef Safra. But, like my sister, I saw it as heaven on earth and longed to visit there every time possible, drawn to this magical oasis with its radiant members.

When Rachel decides to leave the place after fifteen years, I went on a journey to understand why and reveal the hidden story.”

Filmography: Sapta (2010).


  • Director Aviv Or Meshulam
  • Production Avigail Sperber
  • Script Aviv Or Meshulam, Avishay John
  • Cinematography Avigail Sperber
  • Editing Avishay John
  • Music Harel Shachal, Rachel Tiefenbrunner
  • Source Pardes Film Productions, Tel Aviv
  • Produced with support by Yes Docu, Makor Foundation