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Story

Synopsis

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”?

Directors

Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser

Writers

Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser

Language

Arabic

Country

France, Lebanon, Palestinian Territory

Release date

27 April 2016

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Hiam Abbass

  Eftikhar

• Raya Khatib

  Ruba

• 

  Manal Awad

  Safia

• Mirna Sakhla

  Zeinab

• 

  Maisa Abd Elhadi

  Wedad

• Dina Shuhaiber

  Salma

• Victoria Balitska

  Christine

• Reem Talhami

  Wafaa

• Raneem Al Daoud

  Mariam

• Nelly Abou Sharaf

  Natalie

• Huda Al Imam

  Sameeha

• Samira Al Aseer

  Fatima