As bombs fall on Beirut, this Botox clinic is experiencing its golden age. "They destroy and we repare," says Bouba as she injects more Botox into a wrinkle.
The closer the war, the busier the business – these are the observations of the head of a Beirut beauty salon specialising in facial injections using a variety of substances. The target group includes women, although sometimes there are men, too, and the camera observes their voluntary torture without judging this pursuit of youth and beauty. Without any anaesthesia, operating mainly with close-ups, it shows aesthetic medicine procedures which are performed in spite of exploding bombs, uncertain times and completely different wounds, both physical and psychological.
In cinemas 10/7/2025
NK'25: A Frown Gone Mad
NK'25: A Frown Gone Mad
N13
Genre
Documentary
Run time
1h 11min
Genre
Documentary
Run time
1h 11min
As bombs fall on Beirut, this Botox clinic is experiencing its golden age. "They destroy and we repare," says Bouba as she injects more Botox into a wrinkle.
The closer the war, the busier the business – these are the observations of the head of a Beirut beauty salon specialising in facial injections using a variety of substances. The target group includes women, although sometimes there are men, too, and the camera observes their voluntary torture without judging this pursuit of youth and beauty. Without any anaesthesia, operating mainly with close-ups, it shows aesthetic medicine procedures which are performed in spite of exploding bombs, uncertain times and completely different wounds, both physical and psychological.
The closer the war, the busier the business – these are the observations of the head of a Beirut beauty salon specialising in facial injections using a variety of substances. The target group includes women, although sometimes there are men, too, and the camera observes their voluntary torture without judging this pursuit of youth and beauty. Without any anaesthesia, operating mainly with close-ups, it shows aesthetic medicine procedures which are performed in spite of exploding bombs, uncertain times and completely different wounds, both physical and psychological.