Tawfik Abu-Wael Talks ‘Unknowns’ Mini Series, His Intimate Thriller Playing Canneseries

,” Tawfik Abu-Wael returns to the small screen with the new mini-series “Unknowns,” a nine episode thriller which is an observational portrait of a group of boys living in the margins of Israeli society. Already in a fragile balance, dangling on the edge of violent cycles and in a world that presents very few opportunities to break them, their lives are thrown into upheaval when a girl is raped in a nearby forest and they become the main suspects.

“Unknowns” is a thriller, but not in the classic sense where the plot progresses quickly all the time. Instead, it gives the viewer the opportunity to get to know the characters more intimately through their relationship dynamics, which gives the story more layers and pulls the viewer closer to the characters. This is the kind of thriller that I’m drawn to. On one hand I value the structural plot that the classic thriller provides, while at the same time I seek to get more and more personal.

My visual approach is driven by the modern thriller style. I seek to find the harmony between two opposite poles; the main element is to have a free moving camera that gives the actors the freedom to move swiftly and improvise in long takes in one whole scene.

The research is from my own personal experience. When I was their age, I was also in a closed circle. As most Palestinians living in Israel, I grew up isolated from the center of opportunities, and in a poor neighborhood where your best chances were to become a construction worker or a criminal. I was able to break free from this circle, which allowed me to understand and identify with these kids and build their characters in an authentic way.

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