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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
Genre:
Documentary
Year:
2024
Duration:
71 minutes
Rating:
16+
Country:
Lebanon
Language:
Arabic
Subtitling:
English
Cinematography: Omar Mismar
Editing: Omar Mismar
Production: Omar Mismar
Awards: Outstanding Artistic Contribution Award – IDFA – Amsterdam, Netherlands – 2024
Début Status: Jordanian Première
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. Project driven and medium promiscuous, his work takes up conflict and its representations as they inform the everyday.

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