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A tense, claustrophobic day where bickering and laughter slowly give way to fear as danger closes in outside.

Directed by

Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Starring

Hiam Abbass, Raya Khatib, Manal Awad

Overview

A hot summer's day in the Gaza Strip. Today the electricity is on. Christine’s beauty salon is heaving with female clients: a bride-to-be, a pregnant woman, a bitter divorcée, a devout woman and a pill-popping addict. But their day of leisure is disrupted when gunfire breaks out across the street. A gangland family has stolen the lion from Gaza’s only zoo, and Hamas has decided it’s time to settle old scores. Stuck in the salon, with the prospect of death drawing ever nearer, the women start to unravel. How will the day end? Will they lose their lives for the sake of “liberating the lion”?

How it feels

Tense, dark, satirical and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Isolation, survival, family, class

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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