Huda's Salon
Directed by Hany Abu-Assad
Written by Hany Abu-Assad
Starring Maisa Abd Elhadi, Manal Awad, Samer Bisharat
Release Date September 30th, 2021
Huda’s Salon begins on the most mundane note. Two women in a hair salon are having a conversation typical of the setting. Huda (Manal Awad) is a kindly hairdresser having a friendly working friendship with Reema (Maisa Abd Elhadi). For nearly 10 minutes we listen as Reema explains the trouble in her marriage to Said (Samer Bisharat) and how controlling and jealous he is. If you are paying attention you can see a quick shift in Huda’s demeanor as the conversation turns to Said and his jealousy. It’s subtle but it’s there and it is the trigger for the rest of the story.
What Reema doesn’t know and we are about to find out is that, Huda, though she is Palestinian and living right on the border with Israel, is a traitor working with Israeli occupiers. Huda’s treachery involves blackmailing young women such as Reema into becoming unwilling spies. How Huda organizes her blackmail scheme, I won’t reveal here. I will only say it is shocking and viscerally presented. Director Hany Abu-Assad uses the mundane nature of the opening 10 minutes of Huda’s Salon to set up a punch that lingers for the remainder of Huda’s Salon.
Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here.
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