A Frown Gone Mad
Faces are frozen in pursuit of perfection in a Beirut beauty salon, while conflict simmers just beyond its walls.
Director:
Omar Mismar
Omar Mismar
Genre:
Documentary
Documentary
Year:
2024
2024
Duration:
71 minutes
71 minutes
Rating:
16+
16+
Country:
Lebanon
Lebanon
Language:
Arabic
Arabic
Subtitling:
English
English
Cinematography: Omar Mismar
Editing: Omar Mismar
Production: Omar Mismar
Awards: Outstanding Artistic Contribution Award – IDFA – Amsterdam, Netherlands – 2024
Début Status: Jordanian Première
Film Eligibility: Omar Mismar is a first-time editor
Synopsis
Inside Bouba’s beauty salon in Beirut, clients undergo cosmetic procedures in search of a sense of control in a city that’s falling apart. Captured in unflinching close-ups, each injection becomes an escape, as clients casually discuss love, war, and survival. Whether Botox believer or skeptic, the film exposes the intimate tension between vanity and vulnerability – a surreal portrait of resilience, framed in syringes and small talk.
Director’s biography
Omar Mismar is a Beirut-based visual artist. His practice takes up conflict and its representations as they inform the everyday. He works across media, from photography, sculpture, and mosaics to performance, installation, and film.
Screening Date & Time
July 8, 2025
8:00 pm
TAJ Cinema 7
July 9, 2025
8:00 pm
TAJ Cinema 5
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