The Hostage

The Hostage

Limited Series 2010 · 1 ep · ★ 7.0 · Drama

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The series revolves around a couple who live their lives happily with their young daughter, but that happiness did not last long, as it happens unless it was taken into account, as their lives are exposed to an incident in which the family entity is turned upside down, the story is inspired by Kuwait's kidnapping cases of children.

Created by Ibrahim Al-Harbi

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