Cinematography:
Eric DevinPlots(1)
Christine (Victoria Balitska), a Russian living in Gaza, manages a hair salon that happens to be located next door to a gang headquarters. In the courtyard between the two, maverick gangster Ahmed (co-director Tarzan Nasser) brazenly displays the lion he nabbed from the Gaza zoo. When the Hamas-led government police stage an operation to "liberate" the lion, the situation escalates into a stand-off, and Christine is trapped inside the salon with her ten-year-old daughter, Natalie (Nelly Abou Sharaf ), assistant Wedad (Maisa Abd Elhadi), and ten customers, as bullets start flying outside. However, being caught in a crossfire doesn't change the fact that they have weddings to prepare for, relationship problems to argue about, and, in Wedad's case, a series of distressed phone calls to make to her boyfriend — the lion-napping gangster next door. (Toronto International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Hiam Abbass
Israel
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
The Promise (2011) (series)
The Visitor (2007)
Maisa Abd Elhadi
Best movies:
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem (2017)
Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)
The Angel (2018)
Manal Awad
Best movies:
The Idol (2015)