The Exchange

At a glance

The Exchange, is a 2023 Kuwaiti series, directed by Jasem Almuhanna, and starring Mona Hussein, Rawan Mahdi, Rayan Dashti, running for 2 seasons. Content rating: TV-14.

Overview

The Exchange is a Kuwaiti drama film set in 1988, following two determined women who fight to carve out space for themselves in the male-dominated world of the Kuwait Stock Exchange. Against the charged atmosphere on the eve of Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, the film weaves together personal ambition, financial intrigue, and the resilience of women navigating a system designed to exclude them, delivering a tense and timely story of power, gender, and national identity.

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