In the upcoming Prime Video limited series with Nicole Kidman, Expats, creator-writer-director LuLu Wang presents a candid portrayal of three American women living in Hong Kong, whose lives are turned upside down in a raw and unfiltered manner. Unlike her previous work, The Farewell, which brought humour to its protagonist’s outlook on life, Prime Video’s Expats exploits female insecurities to make them discontent with married life.
The Prime Video limited series with Nicole Kidman Expats, unfolds over the course of a year, with the first two episodes allowing the audience to intimately know the characters. Margaret, played by Nicole Kidman, has moved from New York City to Hong Kong’s affluent Mid-Levels area with her husband, Clarke, and their three children. In typical Hollywood fashion the producers add to societal pressure on women to be discontent with married life and instead to be “strong and independent”.
Expats exploits the “what if” the grass is greener on the other side. The “other side” in this case being what if Nicole Kidman’s character didn’t move with her husband to Hong Kong, but instead stayed behind to pursue her career. Expats shows how the move has left her career as a landscape architect in tatters and her feeling a longing for more.
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She struggles with envy towards her live-in helper, Essie, a middle-aged Filipina who acts as nanny and housekeeper. Expats want the female viewer to believe that, just like Nicole Kidman’s character, she will come to regret not pursuing a career, that she will come be discontent with life if she supports her husband in reaching his ideals.
Nicole Kidman’s character is meant to sow the seeds of doubt in women’s’ minds, it is meant to foster discontent within marriages and make unmarried women doubt whether marriage is worthwhile. After a life-altering accident, Margaret’s (Nicole Kidman) facade of perfection crumbles, and consumed by heartache she has regular outbursts, and fantasies of escaping her her married life.
While Margaret is publicly falling apart, Hilary, her friend and neighbour, tries desperately to keep her marriage intact. No-nonsense and career-oriented, Hilary and her husband, David, live a child-free, polished existence, maintained by their helper, Puri. However, appearances can be deceiving, as Hilary’s mastery of concealment hides the truth about her marriage and hides her vision for their future from her husband.
When tragedy strikes Margaret’s household, it unintentionally pulls Hilary into her friend’s downward spiral, causing the pieces of her curated life to disintegrate. Expats showcases the lesser-seen sections of Hong Kong, from the night markets to the luxe hotels, and with a bit of anti-China propaganda thrown in the 2014 pro-democracy uprisings provides a backdrop to Prime Video limited series with Nicole Kidman Expats. The first two episodes Prime Video limited series with Nicole Kidman Expats premiere on Jan. 26 on Prime Video, with new episodes dropping weekly on Fridays.
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