The new crime drama about boys living on the street broadcasts a strong vibe of the familiar cult series, and seems to be one of the best series of the period
Does not distinguish between good and evil.
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Someone will have to say it sometime, so I will volunteer to be first: "Bnei Or", yes's new crime drama, Ashkara has a strong "hidden" vibe in Be'er Sheva.
And that's wow.
It is also quite clear what automatically produces these feelings. The boys who lead the series' plot live in the streets, with the drugs and the curses, and the severe violence, and the male adolescence, and the path to life that each of them is supposed to choose for himself at the seam between normativeness and poverty and a seductive criminal world that draws them to it. Like "The Undertaker," Benny Orr does not differentiate between good and evil, and its protagonists are not bothered by thoughts of morality when they beat, kick, steal, stab and shoot anyone who does not like them, without taking into account policemen or threatening mobsters.
The protagonists of "Bnei Or" are seven boys, who grow up in the early 2000s in the B neighborhood of Be'er Sheva.
Between the housing estates, they run a drug station together, fight against old crime gangs, celebrate a stripper in a hotel, run in difficult families (Amir Benyon, for example, plays the drug addict father of one of the boys), and of course get involved with the police (Guy Amir as an investigator hothead).
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The series was created by Guy Balila and Elad Bitton, who based it on experiences from growing up in the neighborhood where they grew up.
Bnei Or is considered a famous street in the capital of the Negev, from which grew, among others, the current mayor Rubik Danilovich, but also quite a bit of crime, distress and discrimination.
And again we somehow connect to "The Undertaker," that David Simon masterpiece series, which at the time chose to use the streets of Baltimore as its protagonist, whose face and shape change and take shape according to the various occurrences throughout the series.
For the roles of the pushtek boys from Be'er Sheva, unknown and talented young people were cast, for whom this is their first television appearance, and which they pass in a rather authentic way. True, "Bnei Or" is imperfect and sometimes feels immature and not deep enough, and not all scenes and dialogues are screened in a realistic way, but even then the magic it drips cannot be ignored. Say, in a scene where two heavy criminals analyze the characters of "Seinfeld", in a casual conversation while driving in the car for debt collection, dripping with heavy inspiration from Trentino-style "cheap literature" style.
"Bnei Or" opened the season impressively, and it really depends on how it progresses from here on out.
If you increase the pace, raise the action and the danger threshold, do not try to beautify reality or be afraid of criticism when she dives into the gutters (for example, in the disturbing scene of the boys with the stripper), and at the same time begin to deepen the character of her characters It will only enhance its quality.
Yesterday (Sunday) the premiere episode, yes, which is also available to watch on VOD, was screened, and according to the first three episodes sent for review (out of eight), it is easy to say that "Bnei Or" is one of the best series of the period.
To be honest, she's exactly what any social worker would say to any of the boys who make up the Bnei Or crime gang: she has the potential to go far in life, if she just chooses the right path.
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