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[Machine Translation] Set in a beauty parlor in the Gaza Strip of Palestine, the film depicts women living tough in the daily life of a state of war. --Gaza, Palestinian territory. The beauty parlor run by Christine is crowded with female customers. The owner, Christine, is an immigrant from Russia. Widat, the assistant at the salon, is troubled by her relationship with her boyfriend, Ahmad, a member of the Mafia. Efitikar, who is in divorce settlement due to her husband's infidelity, is preparing to meet her lawyer. Safia, whose husband is a soldier wounded in war, is an addict who regularly uses drugs prescribed by her husband. Zeinab, a devout Muslim, has never had her hair cut and never takes off her hijab, even in the women-only beauty salon. Salma, whose wedding is tonight, Fatima, a pregnant woman in her last month of pregnancy, Wafa, who suffers from severe asthma, and Sawsan, a divorced woman...each of them is a unique woman with her own circumstances. While they are having a chat in the only women-only place of relaxation in the midst of war, a gunshot rings out across the street and the beauty parlor is left in a blaze of carnage and destruction...

Special Feature / Bonus Track: bonus video footage

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パレスチナのガザ地区にある美容室を舞台に、戦争状態という日常をたくましく生きる女性たちを描く。――パレスチナ自治区、ガザ。クリスティンが経営する美容室は、女性客でにぎわっている。店主のクリスティンは、ロシアからの移民。美容室のアシスタントのウィダトは、恋人で、マフィアの一員アハマドとの関係に悩んでいる。亭主の浮気が原因で離婚調停のエフィティカールは、弁護士との逢瀬に向けて支度中。戦争で負傷した兵士を夫に持つサフィアは、夫に処方された薬物を常用する中毒者だ。敬虔なムスリムであるゼイナブは、これまでに一度も髪を切ったことがなく、女だけの美容室の中でも決してヒジャブを取ることはない。結婚式を今夜に控えたサルマ、臨月の妊婦ファティマ、ひどい喘息を患っているワファ、離婚経験のあるソーサン・・・それぞれの事情をもつ、個性豊かな女性たち。戦火の中で唯一の女だけの憩いの場で四方山話に興じていると、通りの向こうで銃声が響き、美容室は殺りくと破壊の炎の中に取り残された・・・。

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