A romantic comedy centered on the daily lives of five Lebanese women living in Beirut.
Director:
Nadine Labaki
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Cast
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| Nadine Labaki | ... | Layale | |
| Yasmine Al Massri | ... | Nisrine (as Yasmine Al Masri) | |
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Joanna Moukarzel | ... | Rima |
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Gisèle Aouad | ... | Jamale |
| Adel Karam | ... | Youssef | |
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Sihame Haddad | ... | Rose (as Siham Haddad) |
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Aziza Semaan | ... | Lili |
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Fatmeh Safa | ... | Siham (as Fatme Safa) |
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Dimitri Staneofski | ... | Charles (as Dimitri Stancofsky) |
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Fadia Stella | ... | Christine |
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Ismaïl Antar | ... | Bassam |
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Cinderella Al Hajj | ... | Cliente rousse |
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Daed Al Khoury | ... | Samia |
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Farida Saleba | ... | Cliente salon (as Farida Saliba) |
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Jocelyne El Khoury | ... | Cliente salon |
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
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Six women in Beirut seek love, marriage, and companionship and find duty, friendship, and possibility. Four work at a salon: Nisrine, engaged to Bassam, with a secret she shares with her co-workers; Jamale, a divorced mother of teens, a part-time model, fearing the encroachment of time; Rima, always in pants, attracted to Siham, a client who smiles back; Layale, in love with a married man, willing to drop everything at a honk of his horn. There's also Rose, a middle-aged seamstress, who cares for Lili, old and facing dementia. Rose has a suitor; Layale has an admirer on the police force. Is delight a possibility? Is caramel a sweet or an instrument of pain? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Rated PG for thematic elements involving sexuality, language and some smoking | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
9 August 2007 (Lebanon) See more »Also Known As:
Caramel See more »Filming Locations:
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Box Office
Budget:
€1,300,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$71,916, 3 February 2008, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$1,060,591, 29 June 2008Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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Music by Sayed Darwiche El B and lyrics by Badi Khairi
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Lebanon's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008). See more »Soundtracks
El Helwa Di Amet TeeguenMusic by Sayed Darwiche El B and lyrics by Badi Khairi
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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.