Hany Abu-Assad made one of the my favourite movies. 'Omar'. I loved 'Paradise Now' too. With Huda's Salon', I now rank him with my best directors.

As with all his films, this is an occupation drama, the difficulty of being Palestinian. But, as he's done before, he doesn't attack Israel but instead shows damage through the experience of ordinary folk on the ground.

A young mother is blackmailed in order to force her to become a traitor. Her impossible situation, and the hunt by Palestinian rebels for both her and her blackmailer adds a thriller element. However, it's greatest strength may be founded in a sublime conversation in an interrogation room. Simplicity is what makes 'Huda's Salon' most profound, and must be accompanied by, "What would I do to save my life?"

Actresses Manal Awad and Maisa Abd Elhadi step wonderfully away from their previous support roles into their leads here. The triad is completed by veteran Aliman Suliman (from '200 Meters' and 'The Attack').

As an important side-note, I'm disappointed that hate has entered the review section. Some people don't review but instead express their bias, giving movies low ratings. Here, it appears to be religious misogyny but can be seen elsewhere as anti-Russia, anti-Israel, anti-anything... It must be addressed lest the review section be made as obsolete as the comments sections on most major websites. This is a movie website. Movie lovers, directors and actors must be more important than politics. Moderation is important.

Certain therapies aim to kill healthy cells as well as the malicious, and in the same manner societies treat their own citizens to horrors while attempting to achieve some good.

Reem, a newlywed with a baby girl, visits her favorite salon where her coffee is spiked and she is blackmailed into providing information on her neighbors for Israel. Soon thereafter, before Reem can decide what to do, her handler is captured by Palestinians. Reem is out of the frying pan and into the fire.

Huda's Salon is the true story of people trying to survive in the walled city of Bethlehem, on the West Bank. Women are especially vulnerable in this society poisoned by betrayal and violence since at least 1967. Who to trust comes down to who people fear the most. The film is enthralling for the truths it reveals about a community that represses itself and where people are compromised in multiple ways. While the acting is not top tier, it is believable. From the director of Paradise Now.

Good Actors and Writers and Story, I don't know if it reality story.

If the story tells the reality, it is considered as raising awareness and caution.