Reshet 13 Boards Psychological Thriller ‘Dust and Coal,’ Created by Ronen Ben Tal, Ron Ninio, Eleanor Sela and Ofer Seker (EXCLUSIVE)

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Marta Balaga Israel’s Reshet 13 is attached to “Dust and Coal,” selected for Series Mania’s Forum Co-Pro Pitching Sessions.

The eight-episode thriller focuses on a Mossad assassin, Esther, whose world collapses when her father reveals to her that she is, in fact, a Syrian sleeper spy.

Planted in Israel as a child, as part of a KGB program, her activation time has come. Produced by Ronen Ben Tal for Bental Productions Ltd and France’s Morgane Le Moine for First Love, the show was created by Ben Tal, Ron Ninio – who will also direct – Eleanor Sela and Ofer Seker, co-creator of “Uri and Ella”, now airing on HBO Max. “It’s a dark, realistic psychological drama.

The spy arena is just an excuse to explore complex family dynamics and our main character’s journey of emancipation,” says Ben Tal, also promising an insight into the “backstage” of spy missions in Israel.  “The show will be mostly about mental games, but we are planning big action sequences in Europe and Syria as well.