Euphoria (Israeli TV series)

Euphoria
אופוריה
Genre	Teen drama
Created by	Ron Leshem
Written by	Ron Leshem Daniel Amsel
Directed by	Dafna Levin
Starring	Roni Dalumi Dekel Adin Amit Erez Tawfeek Barhom Avi Mazliah Roy Nik Ofer Hayoun Maor Schwitzer
Country of origin	Israel
Original language	Hebrew
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Cinematography	Shai Goldman
Running time	52 minutes
Production companies	Teddy Productions Hot
Release
Original network	Hot 3
Original release	30 November 2012 (2012-11-30) – 1 February 2013 (2013-02-01)
External links
Website

Euphoria (Hebrew: אופוריה, Oforia) is an Israeli teen drama television miniseries created and written by Ron Leshem and directed by Dafna Levin, broadcast on Hot 3 from 30 November 2012 to 1 February 2013. Set in the 1990s,^[1] the series follows a group of 17-year-olds who spend their time carelessly having sex and taking drugs, with seemingly no parental authority. Adults appeared in the series only rarely, and were always filmed at an angle that did not show their faces. Some of the series plot was based on a true story.^[2][3]

In 2019, Euphoria's original plot was loosely adapted into an American television series of the same title,^[3] which premiered on HBO on 16 June 2019.^[4]

Cast and characters[]

• Kosta Kaplan as Raanan, a 16-year-old murdered the year before the events of the series, based on 2004 murder of Ra'anan Levy^[1]
• Roni Dalumi as Hofit, a teenage drug addict and cutter who blames herself for Raanan's death, shares similarities with Rue in the HBO adaptation
• Dekel Adin as Kino, Ratana's childhood friend, lives alone while his parents are in Shanghai, has an active imagination and is mostly seen sleeping and in a dream world
• Maor Schwitzer as Osher Gimpel, nicknamed "Shamen" (fatty), a self-conscious boy addicted to pornography, experiences sexual dysfunction as a result, shares similarities with Nate in the HBO adaptation
• Dolev Mesika as Deker Eldar, nicknamed "Tzhubon" (yellow), a shy boy in the IDF who uses his knowledge of chemistry and online instructional videos to produce and sell hallucinogenic drugs, in love with Hofit who he later rapes, shares similarities with Fezco in the HBO adaptation
• Roy Nik as Elkana Eldar, Deker's older brother, an IDF deserter who spends most of his time having casual sex and giving advice to the others
• Amit Erez as Noy Cohen, a lonely, obese girl who begins having casual sex with men and is subsequently diagnosed as having HIV, shares similarities with Kat in the HBO adaption
• Avi Mazliah as Uriel, nicknamed "Masuli" (stoned), a openly gay drifter who has left home and moves from place to place, takes Noy's virginity and later tries conversion therapy
• Uriel Geta as Tomer Samigura, nicknamed "Tomeriko", a young drug dealer and Orthodox Jew, later murders Yizar, Raanan's killer, and broadcasts it live on the internet, shares similarities with Ashtray in the HBO adaptation
• Tawfeek Barhom as Dudu, a 17-year-old Arab teenager and aspiring veterinarian, lives in Kino's building
• Ofer Hayoun as Shuki Samiguara, Tomeriko's religious older brother, tries to convert Masuli

References[]

External links[]

• Euphoria at IMDb

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