A Frown Gone Mad
In a Lebanese beauty salon, Bouba injects her clients with Botox and fillers. The close-ups of the tortured and bleeding faces are as gruesome as they are intriguing. Customers vent their worries as they paralyze their expressions. Meanwhile, war is at the door.
Film, single channel, 71 min. 12 sec.
2024
Written and Directed by: Omar Mismar
Featuring: Bouba
Voice Over: Tanya Awad
Editing: Omar Mismar
Editing Contribution: Carine Doumit
Sound Mixing: Raed Younan
Color Grading: Belal El Hibri
Dialogue Translation: Ziad Chakaroun, Omar Mismar
Text Editing: Zeina G. Halabi
Developed, in part, during a 2022–2024 Boris Lurie Fellowship at the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School. It has been supported by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics and the Boris Lurie Art Foundation.
