Sukkar banat (2007)

Director:

Nadine Labaki

Writers:

Rodney El Haddad (writer)
Jihad Hojeily (writer)

Release Date:

9 August 2007 (Lebanon)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A romantic comedy centered on the daily lives of five Lebanese women living in Beirut.

Plot Keywords:

Beirut | Suitor | Horn | Seamstress | Secret

Awards:

4 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Nadine Labaki	...	Layale
Yasmine Elmasri	...	Nisrine (as Yasmine Al Masri)
Joanna Moukarzel	...	Rima
Gisèle Aouad	...	Jamale
Adel Karam	...	Youssef
Sihame Haddad	...	Rose (as Siham Haddad)
Aziza Semaan	...	Lili
Fatmeh Safa	...	Siham
Dimitri Staneofski	...	Charles
Fadia Stella	...	Christine
Ismaïl Antar	...	Bassam
Yousra Karam	...	Salon client
Victoria Bader	...	Salon client
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nancy	...	Woman in taxi

Also Known As:

Caramel (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements involving sexuality, language and some smoking.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

France | Lebanon

Language:

Arabic | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | USA:PG | Argentina:Atp | Sweden:Btl | Ireland:PG | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Germany:o.Al. | South Korea:12 | Finland:K-3 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Beirut, Lebanon

Company:

Les Films des Tournelles

Trivia:

Lebanon's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008).

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Siete minutos (2009)

Soundtrack:

Succar Ya Banat

Enchanting film... really captivates... those eyes...

I just saw this film in the International Film Festival in Brasilia, Brazil. I thought one more non-lebanese comment might actually be helpful.

I gave it a 8 out of 10 because I'm very fussy about giving 9's and 10's to movies. It is a great movie... enchanting... beautiful...it feels homely and intimate quite fast. The acting is good... especially of the director/actress Nadine Labaki.

One cannot avoid being seduced by this woman's eyes and beauty. Labaki is a stunner. She is so great in her role, best actress in the movie. Her character comes across very believably... and those eyes ! I recommend seeing this movie... and I'd keep an eye on future projects from Director/Actress Nadine Labaki.