The feature debut of twin brothers Arab and Tarzan Nasser, Dégradé takes place entirely in a women’s hair salon in Gaza. As a confrontation between the police and a local gangster plays-out beyond the salon’s walls, the women are trapped inside for thirteen hours. The film blends caricature and reality to emphasise the complexity of life in Gaza where people are afflicted by multiple nodes of pressure, and where the social space of women is increasingly circumscribed by these pressures.
Dégradé premiered in competition at Cannes Film Festival in 2015, in the International Critics Week section.
