TV series
The Screenwriter
2015 · 1 season
A wry, low-key mockumentary that blends dry humor with quiet melancholy as it observes a writer navigating identity and family.
- Created by
- Sayed Kashua
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Yousef Sweid, Ruba Bilal, Eran Zarahovitsh
- Overview
- Mockumentary based on the life of Israeli-Arab writer and journalist, Sayed Kashua, creator of the series 'Arab Labor'. Kataeb, Palestinian writer and journalist living in Israel, loses interest in writing his successful series and instead wants to write a series on a 40 year old going throw a mid-life crisis he is experiencing. As a Palestinian and Israeli he confronts with questions about identity, national definitions, as well as his relationships with his family, and the society and country he lives in.
- How it feels
- Satirical, melancholic, earnest and light. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Identity, family, politics, work
- 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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- Created by
- Sayed Kashua
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Yousef Sweid, Ruba Bilal, Eran Zarahovitsh
