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  • Director: Nadine Labaki
  • Main Cast: Nadine Labaki, Yasmine Al Masri, Joanna Moukarzel, Gisèle Aouad, Adel Karam
  • Release Year: 2007
  • Country: FR/LB
  • Run Time: 96 minutes

Plot

A Beirut beauty salon serves as a microcosm of modern society in director Labaki Nadine's look at liberated conversation in a conflicted society. Over the course of their day it becomes readily apparent that women are truly the same all over, regardless of the society they live in. While single Layale struggles with her growing attraction to a married man, Muslim bride-to-be Nisrine fears that her husband will find out that she has already lost her virginity, and Rima wages a futile war against her lesbian instructs. As with many women who frequent the salon, Jamale does everything within her power to reverse the visible effects of ageing. As Rose laments the fact that she had sacrificed her own happiness in order to care for her older sister, the intimate conversations shared over the course of a typical day reveals just how universal how the lives, loves, and concerns of contemporary women truly are. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Cast

  • Nadine Labaki
  • Yasmine Al Masri
  • Joanna Moukarzel
  • Gisèle Aouad
  • Adel Karam

Siham Haddad; Aziza Semaan; Fatme Safa; Dimitri Stancofski; Fadia Stella; Ismail Antar

Credit

Laure Gardette - Editor; Nadine Labaki - Director; Nadine Labaki - Screenwriter; Jihad Hojeily - Screenwriter; Rodney al Haddad - Screenwriter; Yves Sehnaoui - Cinematographer; Khaled Mouzanar - Composer (Music Score)
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Caramel - سكر بنات
Caramel_poster.jpg
Poster used in Cannes 2007
Directed by Nadine Labaki
Produced by Anne-Dominique Toussaint
Written by Nadine Labaki, Rodney El Haddad
Starring Nadine Labaki
Adel Karam
Yasmine Al Masri
Joanna Moukarzel
Gisèle Aouad
Smaïl Antar
Sihame Haddad
Aziza Semaan
Fadia Stella
Fatmeh Safa
Music by Khaled Mouzanar
Cinematography Yves Sehnaoui
Distributed by Les Films des Tournelles
Roissy Films
Release date(s) Cannes May 20, 2007
Flag of Lebanon August 9, 2007
Flag of France August 14, 2007
Flag of Belgium September 12, 2007
Flag of Spain October, 2007
Running time 96 min.
Country Flag of Lebanon Lebanon
Language Arabic
Budget US$1,600,000[1]
Official website
IMDb profile

Caramel (Arabic:سكر بنات Sukkar banat) is a 2007 Lebanese film, the first feature film by the lebanese director Nadine Labaki. It is set to be released in late 2007. The film has premiered on March 20 during the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, in the Directors' Fortnight section [2][3][4]. The film ran for the Caméra d'or during the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.[5]

In the title of Caramel, Nadine refers to an epilation method used in the middle east that consists of heating sugar, water and lemon juice. She tries as well to refer to the "idea of sweet and salt, sweet and sour".[6]

Synopsis

Layal (Nadine Labaki) works in a beauty salon in Beirut along with 2 other women. Each one has a problem: Layal has a relationship with a married man, Nisrine (Yasmine Al Masri) who is no more a virgin, will soon be married, Rima (Joanna Moukarzel) is attracted to girls. Jamal (Gisèle Aouad), the regular and close customer, is worried about getting old. Rose (Sihame Haddad), a tailor with a shop next to the salon, is an old lady who devoted her life to take care of her older sister Lili (Aziza Semaan), has found her first love.

Cast and Characters

A screenshot from the movie showing Nadine Labaki and Adel Karam
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A screenshot from the movie showing Nadine Labaki and Adel Karam
  • Nadine Labaki as Layal
  • Adel Karam as Youssef (The policeman)
  • Yasmine Al Masri as Nisrine
  • Joanna Moukarzel as Rima
  • Gisèle Aouad as Jamal
  • Sihame Haddad as Rose
  • Asiza Semaan as Lili (Rose older sister)
  • Fatmeh Safa as Siham (Mysterious lady with long hair to whom Rima get attracted)
  • Ismail Antar as Bassam (Nisrine's fiancé)
  • Fadia Stella as Christine
  • Dimitri Stancofski as Charles

Trivia

  • The film was released in Cannes in May 20, 2007, exactly one year after the shooting starts (May 20, 2006).
  • The shooting of Caramel ended just 9 days before the Israeli war against Lebanon in July 2006.
  • Other than Nadine Labaki and Adel Karam, this is the first experience in movies for the other leading role actors.
  • Nadine Labaki is engaged to Khaled Mouzanar, the Music Composer for Caramel's soundtrack .
  • Caroline Labaki, Nadine's sister, was the one responsible of Costume Design.
  • An old clothes shop in the Beirut District of Gemmayze has been transformed into a salon where the shooting of the film took place.[6]

References

  1. ^ http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2007/05/cannes_film_fes.php
  2. ^ http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=4&Article_id=81639
  3. ^ http://www.cannesmarket.com/cannes%20market/DefaultController.aspx?PageId=home_Screening_ByDate
  4. ^ http://a69.g.akamai.net/7/69/7515/v1/img5.allocine.fr/img_cis/images/festivaldecannes/img/download/archives/dossiersdepresse/dp2007_fr.pdf
  5. ^ http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/films/14103/Caramel.html
  6. ^ a b http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyArticle.aspx?intStoryID=32693&Category=

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