The Chaos Within

  • Israel
  • Documentary
  • 2014
  • 87 min.
  • Director(s): Yannai Jacob Lein
  • Producer(s): Sylvain Biegeleisen

Synopsis

A journey through Kabbalah, heroin, chaos & redemption. The director’s mother married one of the greatest Kabbalists of our time, rabbi Ashlag, 40 years her senior. He taught her the secrets of Kabbalah and passed away. Since then, she dreams of her son becoming a Messiah, but he ran away at the age of 14 and became a heroin addict. For 10 years, he has filmed his search of love and home.

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Credits

Director(s)

Yannai Jacob Lein

Producer(s)

Sylvain Biegeleisen

Cinematography

Yannai Jacob Lein, Hemla Rachel Lein

Editor

Vadim Tyutyunin, Yannai Jacob Lenin, Miri Laufer

Original Language

Hebrew, Russian

Subtitles

English

Broadcaster

YesDoc

Sound Design

Aviv Aldema

Festival Highlights

Haifa International Film Festival, Israel, 2014

Message to Man FF, Russia, 2015

Gainesville JFF, USA, 2015

CineDoc-Tbilisi, Georgia, 2015

Washington JFF, USA, 2016

Copenhagen JFF, Denmark, 2018