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Meret Becker cuts her hair
Charlotte Gainsbourg and Isabelle Huppert showed the way, and now German actresses like Sandra Hüller, Maryam Zaree and Katharina Thalbach are following suit: They cut their hair to express solidarity with the demonstrators in Iran.
Six days ago, the action from France, in which stars like Isabelle Adjani or Marion Cotillard grabbed the scissors, caused a stir.
Accompanied by a Persian-language version of the partisan song »Bella Ciao«, more than 50 actresses could be seen cutting off individual strands of hair, and others – like Juliette Binoche – whole hands of hair.
Since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of the national vice squad, Iranian women have demonstratively cut their hair in front of cameras to protest state repression and violence.
Among the 40 participants from Germany are not only actresses like Nicolette Krebitz or Alice Dwyer, who distributed the video on her Instagram channel, but also individual men.
Ronald Zehrfeld cuts off a lock of hair and Julius Feldmeier grabs the scissors.
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