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    'Tel Aviv On Fire': Separated By A Border, United By A Soap Opera

    In writer-director Sameh Zoabi's gentle satire, a Palestinian screenwriter and a Israeli checkpoint guard collaborate on a popular, low-rent soap opera.
    by Mark Jenkins Aug 01, 2019 2 minutes
    Palestinian screenwriter Salam (Kais Nashef, R) takes script advice from Israeli officer Assi (Yaniv Biton, L) in this satire by Sameh Zoabi.

    The televised soap opera is a sort of universal language. Tel Aviv on Fire, a Luxembourg-France-Israel-Belgium production, demonstrates this with a scenario derived from a Mexican movie. The result is not exactly the most pointed satire ever devised by a Palestinian filmmaker, but it does elicit some smiles.

    Inspired by 2008's , writer-director Sameh

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