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Layale (Nadine Labaki) works in a beauty salon in Beirut along with two other women. Each one has a problem. Layale has a relationship with a married man. Nisrine (Yasmine Al Masri), who is no longer a virgin, will soon be married. Rima (Joanna Moukarzel) is attracted to other women. Jamale (Gisèle Aouad), the regular and close customer, is worried about getting old. Rose (Sihame Haddad), a tailor with a shop next to the salon, is an old woman who had devoted her life to taking care of her older sister Lili (Aziza Semaan), but has found her first love. The film doesn't refer to any of the political problems or recent warfare that has troubled Lebanon. Rather, Labaki's tale paints everyday people with everyday problems.