"You always have to give the first cap," he explained to his friend in the first episode, one of the protagonists of "Unknown," the new drama here.
The above exploded sentence embodies a statement about the main characters - their hand must always be on top, and they must know how to control the situation.
With this message, the series gets underway, and then gives its viewer a nod.
To be honest, several heads one after the other.
Vandalism, stabbings, fights, drugs and more are dripping from it in abundance from its early stages.
In the middle, she tells a story about a group of at-risk boys from a not-so-functioning school, deals with the complex relationship between them (particularly prominent: Ofek Pesach and Amir Tessler) and presents a blind pursuit of the police investigator (Yaniv Bitton) And a new instructor (admitted Levy, who plays a businessman lecturing service jobs at the institution).
Trailer for the "Unknown" series.
Trailer for the "Unknown" series
"Unknown" has the means to become a hit, and it has already garnered seven nominations for the most prestigious awards at the Cannes International Series Festival.
Its advantage lies in its characters, who keep the series alive in its faltering moments and produce in the viewer a quick emotional connection and curiosity.
Such series, similar to Bnei Or, which was considered a dizzying success, are flooding with tiring discussions about the violence that is broadcast on television, which degenerates children into a bad culture and presents negative role models.
Teachers and parents will call for a boycott, and there will be righteousness and there will be swans.
It's always like that.
Yet despite the shouts, there is never really a discussion about the essence.
Therefore, it is not certain that "unknown" people will be able to control the situation.
Boys from a ruined home, with a devastating environmental impact, is a reality that exists not only on television.
Young lawbreakers do not go out to beat and rape because of watching series.
There are many other reasons why they do this, who pushes them and why they are accused of crimes they did not commit because of their origin.
As spectators we must be troubled not by the intensity of the violence, but by the way it is treated.
As "unknown" shows, there is a complete lack of understanding of the establishment and the educational system about how to deal with young people at risk.
"Unknown" has problems.
The directing is inaccurate, and this affects the qualities of the play;
The twists are predictable, and many scenes do not reach their full potential.
However, if "unknown" succeeds in producing a dialogue that will push for a change in the methods of treating at-risk boys, it will be a first step in tackling the problem.
Otherwise, what did we do about it?
Were we wrong?
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