The Motive (2020)

Original title

המניע

Genre

documentary film

Country

Israel

Length

1 season, 4 episodes

Rated

14

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This docuseries looks at a 14-year-old boy who murdered four family members in Jerusalem in 1986. It uses actors to recreate the events and tries to understand what drove him.

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What happens

The Motive (Hebrew: המניע) is a four-part Israeli docuseries that explores the 1986 killings of four family members by a 14-year-old boy in Jerusalem. It was created by Tali Shemesh and Asaf Sudri. The series includes reconstructions of the original events featuring actors. It was broadcast in Israel on the Yes Docu channel in December 2020, and released on Netflix on 28 October 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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