TV series

Shumok

2022 · 1 season

A gritty, sun-baked teen drama where abandoned kids fight a powerful family for the only home they have.

Tagline: Shumok
Overview: The series is about a boarding school in the middle of the desert where at-risk youth are educated. Leli Gordon (Ella Lee Lahav) is a girl who arrived at the age of 11 and has been there ever since and she is actually the leader of the at-risk boys who are fighting for the foster home where they live. On the other hand, there is the Berger family, a hotel and real estate empire, headed by the family's daughter, the lawyer Nofer Berger, who is trying to kick them out in all kinds of serious ways
How it feels: Tense, earnest, melancholic and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Found family, class, power, survival
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: found family
class
power
survival
justice
Places: countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild