AL KHALLAT +
Genre
Dark Comedy and Thriller
Running time
118 minutes
Year
2022
Language
Arabic
Country
Saudi Arabia
Director
Fahad Alammari
Bio
Producer
Mohammed Algarawi, Mujahed Aljumaiaah
Cast
Sohayb Godus, Ismail Al Hassan
Scriptwriter
Mohammed Algarawi, Fahad Alammari, Meshary Alshalaly
From the creators of the digital series Al Khallat, which amassed over 1.5 billion views and defined a new generation during its 22-episode run, comes an anthology of stories of social deception and trickery set in four unlikely places. In one story, two thieves crash a wedding to save their co-conspirator. In the next, a chef working at a fine-dining restaurant puts the business on the line to save her parents' failing marriage. The next story is set in a morgue, where the friend of a recently deceased man returns to bury something secret given to him by the dead man's wife. The last tale follows a mother searching for her husband while he, in turn, searches for their son in a nightclub. There's always a way out of any situation – and whoever has a trick up his sleeve will use it for their own benefit.
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