2021 · thriller · drama · political
Huda's Salon
Directed by Hany Abu-Assad1h 31m2021
Based on real events, Huda’s Salon is a heart-racing, entertaining feminist thriller, where two women fight for their freedom. Reem, a young mother who is married to a jealous man, goes to Huda’s salon in Bethlehem for a haircut and an attentive ear. However, this ordinary visit turns sour after Huda puts Reem in a shameful situation, blackmails her to work for the secret service of the occupiers and betrays her people.
Our read: Huda's Salon (2021) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded thriller · drama · political entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme thriller / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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