Uri Marantz’s King Khat is a high-energy hybrid that, fittingly for a film about ‘legal highs’, is a blend of live-action and animation, featuring trippy visuals. It tells the story of Gabi Shalev (played by Oshri Cohen), who became an accidental—and extremely low-key—drug lord, of sorts. A scientist with an expensive Coke habit, his solution for the lack of cash in his bank account was to set about devising his own synthetic drug that mimicked the effects of the psychoactive plant khat. The resulting substance became a sensation in Israel and beyond, with this film charting the journey in parallel with recounting the love story between Gabi and his wife.
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