‘Expats’ Trailer Sees Nicole Kidman’s Privileged Life in Hong Kong Spiral Out of Control

The first trailer for Amazon Prime Video’s Hong Kong-set Expats has dropped, and we get our clearest look at the Lulu Wang-directed drama based on the bestselling novel The Expatriates by Janice Y. K. Lee.

In the clip, we see three American women living in Hong Kong during 2014, a year when the city was riven with street protests as part of the Umbrella Movement. We see Margaret (Nicole Kidman), a wealthy woman haunted by the loss of her child; Mercy (Ji-young Yoo) a young woman who can’t move past a terrible mistake she made; and Hilary (Sarayu Blue) a woman who feels her marriage is falling apart. All three women belong to the affluent, close-knit, privileged expat community in Hong Kong and all suffer in different ways from the claustrophobic and suffocating nature of their existence.

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The cast also includes Brian Tee who plays Margaret’s husband Clarke and Jack Huston who plays Hilary’s husband David.

All six episodes of Expats are directed by The Farewell filmmaker Wang. Janice Y. K. Lee, Vera Miao and Gursimran Sandhu served as writers on the show, along with Alice Bell and Wang.

Producers on the show include Wang, Kidman, Bell, Daniele Melia, Per Saari, Theresa Park and Stan Wlodkowski.

Expats will premiere with two episodes on Jan. 26, 2024, with new episodes launching weekly until the finale on Feb. 23, 2024.

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