The King of Börek

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Audience Score
80
The King of Börek
NR 1 hr 14 minDocumentary
Mouthwatering and entertaining The King of Börek follows the rise and fall of the Alkolombris family Bulgarian bakers that immigrated to the newborn state of Israel with their famous bourekas pastry The family enjoyed rapid success and their bakery in Jaffa soon became a wellknown establishment drawing crowds from all over the country This led to the first franchised food chain in Israel Sammy Bourekas Sons Run by patriarch Sammys two sons and soninlaw bakeries selling bourekas popped up all over Israel Money started to flow accompanied by an extravagant lifestyle and parties with Israeli highsociety politicians soccer players actors and models But as the rival siblings began to clash jealousy honour and greed threatened to tear down the family empire
DirectorOrit Ofir Ronell

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Original Language:English