Iraq, 1988. Tension rises in the Hussein household when Saddam takes a second wife, leading his son Uday to lose control and beat a man to death. Saddam has him arrested l. Meanwhile, Kuwait's upsurge in oil output challenges future Iraqi prosperity, and Hussein Kamel, spotting an opportunity to rise within Saddam's inner circle, begins to sow mistrust between Saddam and his popular brother-in-law.