The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem

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The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem
מלכת היופי של ירושלים
Genre Melodrama
Directed byOded Davidoff
Country of originIsrael
Original languagesHebrew, Ladino
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes70
Production
Running time24–29 minutes
Production company yes
Original release
Network
Release7 June 2021 (2021-06-07) –
24 March 2023 (2023-03-24)

The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem is an Israeli television series based on the novel of the same name by Sarit Yishai-Levi.

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Overview

The series 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 had been renewed for a second season, which was screened toward the end of 2022.

Filming of the series began in the summer of 2020 in various locations in the city of Safed, among them, at the Frenkel Frenel Museum and the Beit Castel Gallery. [3]

It closed the Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles in May 2022. [4]

The first half of Season 1 premiered on Netflix in the UK, France, the U.S., Argentina, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and other areas of Europe on May 20, 2022, and the second half premiered in the same regions on July 29, 2022. [5] [6] [7] Season 1 became available on Netflix in Australia, Canada, The Netherlands, New Zealand, and South Africa on February 9, 2023. [8] [9] [10]

Season 2, re-edited as 16 episodes from its original broadcast of 26 episodes in Israel, became available on Netflix in all the aforementined countries above on July 14, 2023. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

Plot summary

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

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

Cast

Production

After the novel sold more than 300,000 copies, Yes Drama bought the rights and adapted the book The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem as a daily melodrama series. The creators are the screenwriters Shlomo Mashiach, Esther Namdar Tamam, and director Oded Davidoff, [17] 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 novel tells the story of the Ermoza 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 novel follows three generations of family from before the establishment of Israel until the 1970s. [18]

The theme song is written by Daniel Salomon.

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