Sara Hassan

In impoverished Baghdad under Saddam's dictatorship, 16-year-old Amal hopes to regain her social status at school by volunteering to find a book as a class gift for the departing literature teacher. Meanwhile, her emotionally fragile little brother becomes obsessed with the notion that a visiting uncle from America--whom he confuses with Santa Claus--will bring him toys. Ashamed never to have been able to give his son a toy, the child's father sells some more prized family possessions and buys a model car for him.

72 Hours: True Crime focuses on crime, specifically on the first 72 hours after a crime is committed, a critical time period for solving it. Rather than focus on fictional crimes, as do Law & Order and other TV shows elsewhere, True Crime depicted actual crimes that occurred throughout Canada, using dramatic reenactments and documentary-style footage of crime scenes.

Kevin Hill, 28 ans, célibataire, est un brillant avocat dans le monde du showbiz new yorkais. Mais sa vie est bouleversée lorsque son cousin décède brutalement et qu'il doit prendre en charge sa fille, âgée de seulement 6 mois. Le jeune homme quitte alors son travail pour un autre plus adapté avec des horaires flexibles...