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Caramel

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Original title

Sukkar banat (Caramel)

Year

2007

Running time

96 min.

Country

Lebanon

Director

Nadine Labaki

Screenwriter

Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily, Rodney Al Haddad

Cast

Music

Khaled Mouzanar

Cinematography

Yves Sehnaoui

Producer

Co-production Lebanon-France;

Genre

Drama | Ensemble Film. Comedy-Drama

Synopsis

In Beirut, five women meet up at a beauty salon, a highly colourful and sensual microcosm. Layale loves Rabih, but he is married man. Nisrine is a Muslim and she has a problem with her coming wedding: She’s no longer a virgin. Rima is tormented by her attraction to women. Jamale is refusing to grow old. Rose has sacrificed herself to look after her older sister. At the salon, men, sex and motherhood are the subjects at the heart of their intimate and liberated conversations. Selected for the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes.

Awards: 2007: San Sebastián Film Festival: Audience Award, Youth Award

2008: Satellite Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film

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89 My Top 10 Movies from 2007 (32)

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