This latest film by Hany Abu-Assad, a Palestinian auteur famous for Paradise Now (2005) and Omar (2013), depicts the struggle for survival of women who have been used in the intense intelligence war waged between Palestine and Israel. When Nadia visits Huda’s hair salon for a haircut, she experiences something unimaginable. Afterward, Huda blackmails Nadia to be a spy for the Israeli intelligence. Nadia returns home, not knowing what to do, and learns that Huda has been captured by the Palestinian resistance. Nadia panics as there is a picture of her at Huda’s salon that proves that she works for the Israeli intelligence. Meanwhile, Huda confesses to the Palestinian resistance that she cooperated with the Israeli intelligence but tries to hide Nadia’s picture from them. Can these two women survive between the two antagonistic organizations? Inspired by real events, this film will make you hold your breath the entire time. (NAM Dong-chul)