• Director(s):

    BREITKREUZ (Galina)

  • Producer(s):

    ARTE GEIE, MEDIEN KONTOR Movie GMBH

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2007

  • Language(s):

    German, English, Arabic, Korean, Spanish, French, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian

  • Rights:

    NON-THEATRICAL, TV, VOD, DVD, INTERNET

Dressed in pink from head to toe, 62-year-old Etti - as she is known to her customers - has run, for more than 20 years, a beauty parlor in Sumatra, where traditional Islam and femenity perfectly go together. 

Etti's salon is a veritable institution for all women of the Indonesian island region. Posters of Asian beauties portray the latest trends - even if the most important hair decoration for many women remains the headscarf. Since Islam is the main religion on Western Sumatra, hair-coloration and make-up were for a long time considered impure.

The film traces the career path of Etti, the self-confident entrepreneur, and accompanies her on her tightrope walk between traditional Islam and a modern attitude.

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