The Arbitrator (Israeli TV series)
The Arbitrator (2007) (Hebrew: הבורר, Ha-Borer) is an Israeli crime drama series.[3] It tells the story of Nadav Feldman, a social worker who discovers that he was adopted and his real father is the head of a crime family.
| The Arbitrator | |
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| Also known as | Ha-Borer |
| Genre | Crime drama Black comedy[1] |
| Written by | Reshef Levy |
| Directed by | Shay Kanot[2] |
| Country of origin | Israel |
| Original language(s) | Hebrew |
| Release | |
| Original network | Hot Channel 3[2] |
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Cast and characters
- Baruch "The Arbitrator" Asulin (Moshe Ivgy) - the head of a crime family.
- Nadav Feldman (Yehuda Levi) - a social worker who finds out that Baruch is his biological father.
- Avi "The Spleen" Asulin (Shlomi Koriat) - Baruch's trigger happy son, who serves as the series' comic relief.
- Yigal "The Nazi" Mizrahi (Uri Gavriel) - Baruch's nemesis and formerly best friend.
- Amram "Bulldog" Hashbian (Yossef Abu Varda) - Baruch's friend and personal bodyguard.
- Gila Asulin (Hanna Azoulay-Hasfari) - Baruch's wife.
- Naomi "Spoon" Asulin (Lirit Balaban) - Baruch's baalat teshuva daughter, who also serves as a comic relief.
- Pavel and Nikola Kovlova (Michael Rozhetzky and Shalom Michaelshvili) - two henchmen who initially work for Baruch.
- Irena Kovlova (Ania Bukstein) - Pavel and Nikola's sister, who gets romantically involved with Nadav.
- Limor "Kuki" Goldman (Neta Garti) - Avi's mistress.
- Ron "The Persian" Hashbian (Tzion Baruch) - one of Baruch's henchmen.
- Menachem Madmoni (Uri Klausner) - a detective in charge of investigating Baruch's clan.
- Yossi Asulin (Shaul Mizrahi) - Baruch's brother and former partner in heading the family, cast away after becoming a drug addict and longing to return to his former glory.
- Oshrit Asulin (Dana Ivgy) - Yossi's daughter. (In real life, Dana is Moshe Ivgy's daughter.)
- Amos Faruki (Yaakov Cohen) - a veteran associate of Baruch, Yossi and Yigal.
- Itzik Sasa (Dror Geva) - Naomi's suitor and later husband.
- Shimi Angel (Igal Adika) - an acquaintance of the Asulin family, who has ambitions to become a contract killer.
- Idan Romi (Aviv Alush) - one of Baruch's henchmen.
- Nir (Yon Tumarkin) - sniper elite unit.
References
- Rabkin, Nathaniel (3 November 2011). "Jewish Mafia: 'Ha-Borer' Is the Israeli 'Sopranos'". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- Izikovich, Gili (26 October 2010). "Crime pays". Haaretz. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- Burstein, Nathan (2007). "Halla replaces lasagna in 'HaBorer'". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
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