Caramel
Star cinemas
By Nadine Labaki (Lebanon / France, 2007, 1:35)
In Beirut, five women meet regularly in a beauty salon, a colorful microcosm where different generations meet, talk and confide in each other. Layale is the mistress of a married man. She still hopes he’ll leave his wife. Nisrine is a Muslim and soon to be married. But she’s no longer a virgin and worries about her fiancé’s reaction. Rima is tormented by her attraction to women, especially that customer who keeps coming back for her hair. Jamale is obsessed by her age and looks. Rose has sacrificed her life to care for her elderly sister…
Shot with particularly engaging non-professional actresses, this film evokes the condition of Lebanese women with humor.
With the complicity of Ciné Plein-Air Marseille
By Nadine Labaki (Lebanon / France, 2007, 1:35)
In Beirut, five women meet regularly in a beauty salon, a colorful microcosm where different generations meet, talk and confide in each other. Layale is the mistress of a married man. She still hopes he’ll leave his wife. Nisrine is a Muslim and soon to be married. But she’s no longer a virgin and worries about her fiancé’s reaction. Rima is tormented by her attraction to women, especially that customer who keeps coming back for her hair. Jamale is obsessed by her age and looks. Rose has sacrificed her life to care for her elderly sister…
Shot with particularly engaging non-professional actresses, this film evokes the condition of Lebanese women with humor.