Carrousel Studios

A family suddenly sealed inside their home must work together to survive against dwindling resources and the ominous threat keeping them trapped.

Thomas Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie Dumas was born a Caribbean slave in 1762 and beat the odds by rising through the ranks to become a revolutionary French general. The son of a nobleman, Marquis Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie, and an African slave, Marie-Cessette Dumas, he became the first and highest-ranking Black leader in the French military and served under Napoleon Bonaparte. But despite his many exploits, which earned him the nickname of “Black Devil,” his role in the French Revolution was underplayed and he was even denied a full pension and legion of honor by Bonaparte.

In contemporary multicultural London, Tariq is rebuilding his life after prison and striving to carve out a new path for himself and his young son, Amine. When his brother pleads for help, Tariq is pulled back into the criminal underworld and the dangerous orbit of their crime boss mother. This reconnection jeopardises everything he has worked for, forcing him to confront his family loyalty and the legacy of violence that has defined his life.