Written by - Nadine Labaki, Rodney El Haddad, Jihad Hojeily
Cast - Nadine Labaki, Yasmine Elmasri, Joanna Moukarzel, Sihame Haddad, Gisele Aouad
Country - Lebanon [2007]
A film that exposed me to my ignorance. The lives of 5 women living in Beirut overlap in a salon. The film departs from the usual scene and story of a war ridden Beirut and displays the cities gentler, warmer side. Each woman staunchly battles her situation and is, at the same time, able to see the lighter, brighter side of things.
Nadine Labaki's direction tells of an organic love that each of us has for the city we grew up in. I look forward to more perception altering titles from the middle east.
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