Season 1 • Episode 9
LatestMenachem, the Wanted, hides and the friendship between him and Osher is put to the test, when he demands Osher to perform a task from which there is no way back.
Alumim is the story of a group of boys, living in the margins of the Israeli society and passing their time in a school for at-risk youth. One day, after a local girl is raped, the boys become the immediate suspects, their already unbalanced world gets completely disturbed. The show deals with the question of the chance these boys have in order to break the cycle of violence they’re in. This is a story of cruel and magical friendship between boys who will sacrifice anything just to avoid their own destiny.
Acting
The young cast carries impossible weight without theatricality.
Direction
Three directors, one seamless suffocating vision.
Writing
Dialogue so spare it feels like eavesdropping.
Creators
Tawfik Abu Wael, Guy Sidis, Nirit Yaron
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'Alumim' references a kibbutz, ironically evoking Israel's founding collectivist ideal against these abandoned boys.
Abu Wael's Palestinian perspective and Yaron's feminist lens create tension in who the camera punishes versus protects.
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