Caramel (film)

Caramel Arabic Sekkar banat is a 2007 Lebanese film the first feature film by Lebanese directoractress Nadine Labaki. The film premiered on Mayat the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, in the Directors Fortnight section. It ran for the Camra dOr.

Caramel revolves around the intersecting lives of five Lebanese women. Layale Nadine Labaki works in a beauty salon in Beirut along with two other women, Nisrine Yasmine Al Masri and Rima Joanna Moukarzel. Each one has a problem Layale is stuck in a deadend relationship with a married man Nisrine is no longer a virgin but is set to be married, and in her conservative family premarital sex is not accepted Rima is attracted to women Jamale Gisle Aouad, a regular customer and wannabe actress, is worried about getting old Rose Sihame Haddad, a tailoress with a shop next to the salon, is an old woman who had devoted her life to taking care of her mentally unbalanced elder sister Lili Aziza Semaan, but has found her first love. The film does not refer to any of the political problems or recent warfare that has troubled Lebanon. Rather, Labakis tale paints everyday people with everyday problems.The shooting of Caramel ended just nine days before the IsraelLebanon war erupted in July 2006 and was released in Cannes exactly one year after the shooting began. An old clothes shop in the Gemmayzeh area of Beirut District was transformed into a salon where the filming of the movie took place. Caroline Labaki, Nadines sister, was the costume designer. The music was composed by Khaled Mouzanar. Shortly after the movie release, Labaki married him. ........

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