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The Exchange (2023)
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The Exchange (2023)
Original name: الصفقة
Genre: Drama
Country: Kuwait
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Set in Kuwait in 1988, two women making their way in the boys club of the Kuwait Stock Exchange, on the eve of Saddam Hussein's invasion of the country.
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, dramatic, realistic, historical drama, retro, period drama
Audience: adult
Plot: finance, women, stock exchange, corruption, invasion, stock market, female empowerment, society, social problems, female protagonist, relationship problems, problem, ambition, power struggle, resilience, social commentary, friendship, negotiation, rivalry, business ethics, sisterhood, moral ambiguity, economist, saddam hussein, insider trading ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: middle east

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