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| פלורנטין | |
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Eytan Fox Gal Uchovsky |
| Directed by | Eytan Fox |
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| Country of origin | Israel |
| Original language | Hebrew |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Channel 2 |
| Original release | |
| Release | 1997 – 2000 |
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(Hebrew: פלורנטין) is an Israeli television drama series created by Eytan Fox and Gal Uchovsky, which aired on Channel 2 from 1997 to 2000, lasting three seasons. The ensemble cast includes Ayelet Zurer, Karin Ophir, Uri Banai, Sami Huri, Dana Modan, Ami Smolartchik, Nir Friedman and Avshalom Pollak. The show revolves around childhood friends living in Florentin, a neighborhood in the southern part of Tel Aviv.
The show was the first in the country to feature gay characters in main roles. It also featured the first-ever same sex kiss on Israeli television, between two male characters.[1] In 2000 it featured the first-ever lesbian kiss on Israeli television between Shira (Zurer) and Nicole (Ronit Elkabetz).[2]
- ^ The New Normal Moment. 2012 September-October
- ^ Pioneers: 8 great shows from the nineties that changed the face of Israeli television Mako. 20 October 2017