The Writer

At a glance

The Writer, is a 2019 Lebanese series, directed by Rami Hanna, and starring Bassel Khayyat, Reem Khoury, Daniella Rahme, running for 1 season. Content rating: TV-14.

Overview

The Writer is an Arabic crime thriller series based on a true story, following a novelist whose life of adventure and romance takes a dark turn when he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a university student who was his lover. The crime bears an uncanny resemblance to his own fiction, forcing him to partner with an unlikely ally—a determined fan—to clear his name. The series skillfully blurs the boundary between imagination and reality in a suspenseful narrative driven by psychological tension and the fatal consequences of art imitating life.

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