In a beauty salon in Beirut the lives of five women cross paths. The beauty salon is a colorful and sensual microcosm where they share and entrust their hopes, fears and expectations.
Acting
Labaki's ensemble feels like actual friends, not cast.
Direction
Debut feature? Labaki directs like she's done this forever.
Production
The salon itself: character, sanctuary, prison, home.
Director
Nadine Labaki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Labaki cast mostly non-professional actors she found in actual Beirut salons, including her own hairdresser.
Released during Lebanon's 2006 war, the film became a defiant celebration of normal life — no explosions, just women existing beautifully.
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