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Manayek

2020–2024 · 3 seasons

A slow, heavy procedural that tightens around you as loyalties fray, leaving a quiet ache of moral compromise.

Created by
Yoav Gross, Roy Iddan
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Shalom Assayag, Amos Tamam, Liraz Chamami
Overview
Izzy Bachar, a police internal affairs investigator, discovers just before retirement that his long time friend Barak, a senior police officer, is accused to be corrupt. Life as he knows it breaks into pieces.

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Created by
Yoav Gross, Roy Iddan
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Shalom Assayag, Amos Tamam, Liraz Chamami
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • corruption
    • betrayal
    • loyalty
    • friendship
    • guilt
    Places
    • big city
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • serialised
    • procedural
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension7
    Darkness7
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, crime
    Created by
    Yoav Gross, Roy Iddan
    Written by
    Roy Iddan
    Starring
    Shalom Assayag, Amos Tamam, Liraz Chamami, Sasi Samucha, Mouna Hawa, Doron Ben-David, Maya Dagan, Orna Pitussi
    Length
    3 seasons, 30 episodes, 45 min each
    Network
    Kan 11
    Country
    Israel
    Languages
    English, Hebrew, Portuguese, Ukrainian

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