France / May 17, 2015 / Cannes Film Festival
1h 25min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
A hot summer's day in the Gaza Strip. Today the electricity is on. Christine’s beauty salon is heaving with female clients: a bride-to-be, a pregnant woman, a bitter divorcée, a devout woman and a pill-popping addict. But their day of leisure is disrupted when gunfire breaks out across the street. A gangland family has stolen the lion from Gaza’s only zoo, and Hamas has decided it’s time to settle old scores. Stuck in the salon, with the prospect of death drawing ever nearer, the women start to unravel. How will the day end? Will they lose their lives for the sake of “liberating the lion”?
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Reem Talhami | Wafaa |
| Raneem Al Daoud | Mariam |
| Nelly Abou Sharaf | Natalie |
| Huda Al Imam | Sameeha |
| Samira Al Aseer | Fatima |
| Wedad Al Naser | Sawsan |
| Tarzan Nasser | Ahmed |
Genres
ComedyDrama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Dégradé |
| Original language | العربية (AR) |
| Spoken languages | العربية |
| Production countries | Lebanon, France, Palestinian Territory |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Abbout Productions, Les Films du Tambour, Made in Palestine Project, Full House, .Mille et Une. Films. |
| Release date | 27 aprile 2016 |
| Production | Ali Sawan, Mohammed Nabil Alasmar, Samir Huleileh, Julia Balaeskoul Nusseibeh, Guillaume Houzé, Alexis de Montaigu, Laurent Baudens, Gael Nouaille, Didar Domehri, Gilles Padovani, Georges Schoucair, Rashid Abdelhamid, Marie Legrand, Rani Massalha, Muhannad Halawani |
| Writer | Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser |
| Editing | Sophie Reine |
| Cinematography | Eric Devin, Damien Dufresne, Obaida Takriti, Basel Saleebi |
| Assistant directors | Amna Al Hawaj, Suhaib Neshwan, Tarzan Nasser, Haya Kattan, Arab Nasser |
| Lighting | Ferenc Radnai, Issam Yousef Nouri |
| Camera operators | Eric Devin, Damien Dufresne, Obaida Takriti, Basel Saleebi |
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| Additional photography | Eric Devin, Damien Dufresne, Obaida Takriti, Basel Saleebi |
| Production design | Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser, Anas Balawi |
| Art direction | Anas Balawi, Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser |
| Set decoration | Tarzan Nasser, Arab Nasser, Anas Balawi |
| Music | Benjamin Grospiron, Baha'a Othman, Christophe Etrillard, Kévin Feildel, Yann Legay, Nour Halawani, Mazen Hamid |
| Sound | Baha'a Othman, Christophe Etrillard, Kévin Feildel, Yann Legay, Benjamin Grospiron, Nour Halawani, Mazen Hamid |
| Costume design | Hamada Atallah, Farah Jadaane, Bill Hazzam, Nour Al Dine Moqbel, Tina Manassa |
| Makeup | Farah Jadaane, Bill Hazzam, Nour Al Dine Moqbel, Hamada Atallah, Tina Manassa |
| Hairstyling | Hamada Atallah, Farah Jadaane, Bill Hazzam, Nour Al Dine Moqbel, Tina Manassa |
Release dates
Premiere
Hong Kong / Oct 24, 2024 / IIA / Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
Theatrical release
France / Apr 27, 2016
Brazil / May 25, 2017
Digital
Japan / Jun 23, 2018 / G
Mexico / Oct 03, 2019 / Casa CANÍBAL
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