Three college slackers fake a friend's kidnapping to help her escape her strict father. The plan works... until it meets a stranger-than-fiction reality.
One country. Four directors. Six comedy-dramas. Each of them works as a separate story, together they form a coherent whole. All of them are based on seemingly mundane situations that take a perverse turn, bringing the heroes to the brink of their endurance.
Set in the 70's, A middle-aged man, Adel is raised by his strict grandfather who he was deeply inspired by. he met his first love, Nadia who later became his wife and the mother of his son. After this, a chain of events lead to Adel committing many crimes, which are investigated by Amgad Al Husseiny and later, a series of surprises are revealed.
25 years ago, four LAPD officers were acquitted in a state court for beating King, sparking three days of rioting that left 53 people dead. Now, around the anniversary, this Spike Lee-produced one-man show (Roger Guenver Smith) will be streaming on Netflix. A complex, semi-tragic figure, King drowned in 2012. His life was rarely smooth, or simple – its telling makes for a sober, moving watch.
A rich brat must work together with a “ghetto” tomboy if he wants to recover his stolen passport; or he would miss a flight to a life-changing interview.
A security guard who quickly rises to the top and makes billions, where he and his partners convince people into suspicious investments with the promise of doubling their money in no time.
The story of migrant families who move to a village in Haryana in search of a better opportunity, but there, the women are forced to work as prostitutes, and the men sell drugs because of a village headman.
While covering a story in New York City, a Seattle-based reporter uncovers a link between two missing women that changes her lead entirely. Now, with her editor breathing down her neck, she works with her friend and a local art dealer to turn in the headline of her career, a task that takes them precariously close to danger.