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The 410
Canada 2019
produced by Iva Golubovic, Matt Power (executive), Supinder Wraich (executive), Rey Mendoza (executive), Mauricio Ruiz (executive), Adam Rodness (executive), Stuart Stone (executive) for Mad Ruk Entertainment, CBC
directed by Renuka Jeyapalan
starring Supinder Wraich, Balinder Johal, Cas Anvar, Jade Hassouné, Sahib Rana, Joris Jarsky, Hamza Haq, Sarena Parmar, Mark Sparks, Gugun Deep Singh, Michael Gordin Shore, Craig Burnatowski, Vicki Kim
written by Supinder Wraich, music by Stuart Stone, Duwayne A. Wright
TV miniseries
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Surpreet (Supinder Wraich), an Indo-Canadian young woman who has long
assimilated to Western culture, suddenly receives news that her father
Malkit (Sahib Rana) has been arrested for the possession of 100 kilogram
of heroin. Now Surpreet and her father have long drifted apart,
nevertheless she can't stand the thought of him going to jail, not since
she has been traumatized by finding the dead body of her mother. Thing is,
Malkit's bail alone is 250,000 Dollar, an amount she doesn't have in the
slightest. But Surpreet comes to live with her grandmother Nani (Balinder
Johal) for the time being to find out what's best for her father. By and
large, Surpreet tries to shield Nani, a devout Sikh, from her father's
misdeeds, being convinced of his innocence herself - but when she finds a
sizeable amount of cocaine and a handgun in his car's trunk, her
perception of her dad starts to shift. But the finding also gives her an
idea, as she might be able to sell the stuff and pay her father's bail
that way. And eventually, through her dad's cellmate, she even finds a
potential buyer - and then the drugs are gone, and when she retrieves them
from Nani's neighbour (Cas Anvar) no less, the troubles only deepen,
likewise when selling the drugs doesn't go nearly as smooth as supposed to
with one fatality. By the by, Surpreet has to come to the conviction she
has taken a bite too big for her - but it's not as if she could bail out
now anymore ... Basically, The 410 is culture clash
meets high crime, but told in a very engaging and entertaining way,
full of absurdities and noir-ish elements that really drive the miniseries
highly original story and spin it out of control to the audience's
delight. And thanks to a tightly written script and a dynamic directorial
effort, there's hardly a dull moment in this one, all only helped by
several very unexpected (yet totally logical) plottwists. And an uniformly
strong cast is pretty much the icing on the cake. Recommended for sure.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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