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- Director
- Arab Nasser
- Cast
- Hiam Abbass, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Manal Awad
- Country
- France, Palestine, Qatar
- Year
- 2015
- Duration
- 85 min
Bitter internecine conflict and subtle social observation make unusual bedfellows in this impressive Palestinian drama which is set entirely within the hot and suffocating confines of a women’s beauty salon in Gaza. An argumentative cast of women, from an angry divorcee (Hiam Abbass) to a veiled religious fundamentalist to a young and beautiful bride-to-be, gradually reveal personal lives and a side of Palestinian life that is rarely depicted. Men, sex, marriage and relationships are at the heart of the conversation and comic moments that ensue.
