The Transit Camp

Synopsis

A comedy-drama starring Shalom Assayag, who also created the series alongside his son Daniel Assayag, and which feels like a spiritual prequel to their previous collaborative series, “The '80s” and “The '90s,” though this time without Meni Assayag as a writer. The plot goes back in time to 1950s Israel and follows Eliyahu Ben Simon (Assayag) and his family, who arrived from Morocco straight into the overcrowded, difficult, and precarious life of an immigrant transit camp. As they try to find their place in their new country, the family members are forced to deal with bureaucracy, neighbors, and a reality that doesn’t always match the dream that brought them here—but always with humor and a zest for life.

Streaming on

• Reshet 13↗

Top of the call sheet

• 
  Shalom Assayag
  as אליהו בן סימון
• 
  Ruby Porat Shoval
  as סולאנז' בן סימון
• 
  שחר חיון
  as מזל טוב / עליזה
• 
  נועה בן גיגי
  as חסיבה/ גילה
• 
  עילאי אלמקייס
  as מוריס/ משה
• M
  Moti Ben Ishai
  as עזיז

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