2007

1h 36m

6.9(236 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Overview

In a beauty salon in Beirut the lives of five women cross paths. The beauty salon is a colorful and sensual microcosm where they share and entrust their hopes, fears and expectations.

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Cast & Crew

14 members

Acting

Nadine Labaki

Layale

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Yasmine Al Massri

Nisrine

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عادل كرم

Youssef

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Joanna Moukarzel

Rima

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Gisèle Aouad

Jamale

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Sihame Haddad

Rose

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Aziza Semaan

Lili

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Fatmeh Safa

Siham

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Fadia Stella

Christine

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Dimitri Staneofski

Charles

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Ismaïl Antar

Bassam

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Cinderella Al Hajj

Cliente rousse

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Daed Al Khoury

Samia

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Farida Saleba

Cliente salon (as Farida Saliba)

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