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The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem
מלכת היופי של ירושלים
GenreMelodrama
Directed byOded Davidoff
Country of originIsrael
Original languageHebrew
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes44
Production
Running time24–29 minutes
Production companyyes
Original release
Network
Release7 June (2021-06-07) –
27 September 2021 (2021-09-27)

The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem is an Israeli television series, based on the novel of the same name by Sarit Yishai Levy. It aired beginning on June 7, 2021, on the Yes Drama channel.[2] The first two episodes of the series have been available on Yes VOD since June 3, 2021. At an event held at East Tel Aviv in December 2021, Yes unveiled its new original productions for 2022. It officially announced that the series has been renewed for a second season, which will be screened toward the end of 2022.

This series was screened on Netflix in May 2022 and is still available.[3][4] It closed the Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles in May 2022.[5]

Cast

  • Swell Ariel Or as Luna Armoza
  • Michael Aloni as Gabriel Armoza[6]
  • Hila Saada as Rosa Armoza
  • Irit Kaplan as Mercada Armoza
  • Mali Levi as Victoria Franco
  • Tom Hagi as Efraim Siton
  • Eli Steen as Raquel Armoza
  • Israel Ogalbo as David Franco
  • Yuval Scharf as Rochel
  • Tamir Ginsburg as Itamar Ben Moshe
  • Itzik Cohen as Avraham
  • Luna Mansour as Aisha
  • Hisham Sulliman as Kahlil
  • Shely Ben Joseph as Matilda Franco
  • Moris Cohen as Raphael Armoza
  • Roy Miller as James Brown
  • Miki Kam as Gilda
  • Sarel Piterman as Kalman Leibowitz
  • Dov Navon as Alfred Zachs
  • Yarden Tusia-Cohen as Gisele
  • Uria Hayik as Dror
  • Omer Dror as Tzachi Toledano
  • Kobi Maor as Morduch
  • Shahir Kabaha as Mustafa
  • Oren Yadger as Liyto
  • Ashot Gasparian as Matzliach
  • Shira Abarbanel as Nava Ben-Moshe
  • Dan Mor as Yehiel
  • Tomer Barash as Sgt. Bill Evans

Plot

The series tells the story of the Armoza family, intertwined with the history of Palestine during Ottoman rule and then under the British Mandate of Palestine. It also explores the family's fortunes during the subsequent periods of depression and war.

At the center of the series' plot, which takes place simultaneously on two timelines wherein present and past stories are presented alternately, are Gabriel Armoza (Michael Aloni), his wife Rosa (Hila Saada), and their three daughters: the eldest, Luna (Swell Ariel Or), who is her father's favorite; Rivka, and Rachel. The relationship between Gabriel and Luna contrasts with his lack of love for his wife Rosa. Her jealousy of Luna leads to difficult conflicts in the family.

Background and production

After the novel sold more than 300,000 copies, Yes Drama bought the rights and adapted the novel The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem as a daily melodrama series. The creators are the screenwriters Shlomo Mashiach, Esther Namdar Tamam, and director Oded Davidoff,[7] with Artza Production. Filming for the series began in the summer of 2020 in various locations in the city of Safed, including the Frenkel Frenel Museum and the Beit Castel gallery.

The daily TV series is based on the plot of the novel. The series explores the story of the Jerusalem Armoza family of Jerusalem. They are a Ladino-Sephardic family that was cursed: The women who marry into the family are not loved by their husbands. The series follows three generations of family from before the establishment of Israel until the 1970s. [8]

The theme song is written by Daniel Salomon.

References

  1. ^ Steinberg, Jessica (2022-04-27). "Netflix picks up Ottoman-era Israeli drama 'Beauty Queen of Jerusalem'". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  2. ^ Brown, Hannah (2021-06-03). "'The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem' makes its amazing, much-awaited debut". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Zeitlin, Alan (2022-05-19). "Does Netflix's 'Beauty Queen of Jerusalem' live up to the hype?". www.israelhayom.com. Retrieved 2022-05-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Guedes-Reed, Caleb; Friedman, Gabe. "Israeli drama 'Beauty Queen of Jerusalem' makes Netflix debut". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  5. ^ "'The Beauty Queen Of Jerusalem' Series To Close LA's Israel Film Festival, 'In Treatment' Creator Hagai Levi To Be Feted". Deadline. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  6. ^ "The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem: will it be your next Israeli TV addiction?". Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  7. ^ Boker, Ran (2020-06-15). "התפקיד של ישראל אוגלבו אחרי "הישרדות"" [The role of Israel Ogalbo after "Survival"]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-05-21.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "רב המכר "מלכת היופי של ירושלים" יעובד למלודרמה יומית ב-yes - וואלה! תרבות" [The best-selling "Beauty Queen of Jerusalem" will be adapted into a daily melodrama in yes]. וואלה! (in Hebrew). 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2022-05-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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