Chez Jolie Coiffure

Feb 28, 2019

1h 13m

★ 6.6

Overview

Rosine Mbakam is invited to step in Sabine’s small hairdresser’s because it is dangerous in the street. She accepts and pushes in with her camera. Sabine’s stories and the customers’ joys, worries, problems and fears bring depth and life into the premises. At times, it feels like the entire African quarter of Brussels had squeezed in. Laughter abounds, anecdotes and life stories elicit emotions, and a male visitor brings a touch of flirt into the salon.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Tândor Productions

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Cast

Herself

Sabine

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Chez Jolie Coiffure

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