Huda's Salon (2022)

Original title

صالون هدى

Directed by

Hany Abu-Assad

Genre

drama film

Country

Palestine, Qatar, Egypt, Netherlands

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman visits a salon in Bethlehem where the owner is secretly working with Israeli intelligence. She becomes trapped in a dangerous situation and must navigate threats to her freedom and family.

tenseclaustrophobicsuspensefuldarkgrippingominousurgentemotionally charged

What happens

Huda's Salon is a 2021 Palestinian internationally co-produced thriller film written, directed, and produced by Hany Abu-Assad. It stars Ali Suliman, Samer Bisharat, Maisa Abd Elhadi and Manal Awad. It had its world premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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