Underplayed Gems

On the Spectrum (2018)

On the Spectrum poster
Original title
על הספקטרום
Directed by
Yuval Shafferman
Genre
comedy drama
Country
Israel
Length
1 season, 10 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Three young roommates on the autism spectrum navigate work, friendship, and romance in Tel Aviv. The series follows their daily lives and the challenges they face with family and society.

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What happens

On the Spectrum (Hebrew: על הספקטרום, romanized: Al Haspectrum) is an Israeli comedy-drama television series created by Dana Idisis and Yuval Shafferman and produced by Yes TV and Sumayoko Productions. The series premiered in Israel on May 22, 2018. The show won Best Drama Series in the 2018 Israeli Ophir Awards. The show won the 2018 Grand Jury Prize in the French Series Mania festival, making it the second Israeli series to claim the award. It is the first Israeli show that been accepted into the Tribeca Film Festival and the only non-English show at the festival in 2018. In 2020, Amazon Studios picked up the series for an English remake adaptation called As We See It, after ordering a pilot in 2019. In 2021, HBO Max bought the series' rights for North American streaming. The series is available with subtitles and also dubbed with voice actors who are on the spectrum. The series first aired on the platform on April 2 to coincide with Autism Awareness Day. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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