Two women, one casino heist, zero patience for patriarchy in patriarchal Lebanon.
Jenny was made for love and Lana for gambling. In this old-fashioned country, Lebanon, women have no say. Defying everyone and everything they will fight for their freedom whatever the cost.
Acting
Hamze and Kahwagi's electric, messy partnership.
Direction
Barges balances caper thrills with genuine political bite.
Costume
Jenny's looks serving revenge couture.
Director
Henri Barges
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Lebanon during economic precarity, the film's casino setting became accidental commentary on desperate risk-taking.
The roulette table confrontation was improvised after the original scene was deemed 'too polite'—the slap was real.
