“The Lesson,” an award-winning Israeli show created and written by Deakla Keydar and directed by Eitan Zur, is not in any way a didactic or moral tale. It’s a show of more questions than answers, and because of that, it has a lot to teach. Originally titled “Sh’at” Efes,” or “The Zero Hour,” “The Lesson,” […]
“The Lesson,” an award-winning Israeli show created and written by Deakla Keydar and directed by Eitan Zur, is not in any way a didactic or moral tale. It’s a show of more questions than answers, and because of that, it has a lot to teach.
Originally titled “Sh’at” Efes,” or “The Zero Hour,” “The Lesson,” which is now airing on ChaiFlicks, tells the story of a classroom political debate that derails the lives of its two participants: Amir, an idealistic civics teacher played by Doron Ben-David (“Fauda“) and Lianne, a 17-year-old misfit student played by actress Maya Landsman, who won a Canneseries award for best actress for her raw, magnetic performance.
