Zanzouri

A gentle, bittersweet comedy about an ordinary man given a strange deadline, mixing small-town warmth with quiet existential unease.

Created by

Ben Bachar, Dafna Prenner

Genres

Comedy

Starring

Yuval Semo, Irit Kaplan, Danny Geva

Overview

Pinhas "Pini" Zanzouri lives in Yavne, a town in central Israel, with his wife and two children. Zanzouri is an average Israeli citizen with an average job, who comes home and passes his evenings watching TV . On his 40th birthday, Zanzouri's life changes forever when his father comes to him with two revelations: that all the men in his family have died in their 40th year, and that he is adopted. Accepting that he has a year to live, Zanzouri decides to fulfill all his dreams.

How it feels

Light, whimsical, earnest and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.

About

Identity, family, death, freedom

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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