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The Exchange

2023 · 2 seasons

A tense, slow-burning drama of ambition and corruption in a male-dominated world, shadowed by looming war.

Created by
Nadia Ahmad, Adam Sobel
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mona Hussein, Rawan Mahdi, Rayan Dashti
Overview
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.

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Stream in the UK
  • Netflix
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Nadia Ahmad, Adam Sobel
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mona Hussein, Rawan Mahdi, Rayan Dashti
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • corruption
  • gender
  • ambition
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Where to watch in the UK

Stream
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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Nadia Ahmad, Adam Sobel, Anne Sobel
Starring
Mona Hussein, Rawan Mahdi, Rayan Dashti, Mohammed Al-Mansour, Jassim Al-Nabhan, Hussain Al-Mahdi, Abdullah Bahman, Faisal Al-Amiri
Length
2 seasons, 12 episodes, 51 min each
Network
Netflix
Country
Kuwait
Languages
Arabic, English

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