“The Goat Life” follows the journey of Najeeb Muhammed, an Indian immigrant who goes missing in Saudi Arabia. Najeeb’s aspiration was to find work in the Arabian Gulf states and earn enough to support his family back home. However, his dreams are shattered as he finds himself trapped in a harsh reality, forced into a life akin to slavery while tending goats in the desolate Saudi desert. Determined to regain his freedom, Najeeb devises a perilous plan to escape his desert captivity.
=== Movie/Series Info ===
Movie: The Goat Life
Year: 2024
IMDb Rating: 8.5
Genres: Adventure / Drama
Language: Malayalam / Arabic / Tamil / Kannada / Telugu / Hindi
Director: Blessy
Actors: Prithviraj Sukumaran / Jimmy Jean-Louis / K.r. Gokul / Talib Al Balushi / Rik Aby / Amala Paul / Robin Das / Shobha Mohan / Nazer Karutheni / Baburaj Thiruvalla / Akef Najem / Aji George / Vijay Chandrachudan / Ajesh Babu / Hasan Zaman / Sunil Kumar Muscat / Shijo Dominic / K. C Eapen / Renjith Ambady / Giovanni V. Giusti
Runtime: 173 min
Release Date: 28 Mar 2024 (USA)
Country: India / United States / Haiti
Synopsis: The life of Najeeb Muhammed, an Indian emigrant going missing in Saudi Arabia. Najeeb’s dream was to work in the Arabian Gulf states and earn enough money to send back home. But, he achieves his dream only to be propelled by a series of incidents into a slavelike existence herding goats in the middle of the Saudi desert. In the end, Najeeb contrives a hazardous scheme to escape his desert prison.