Caramel (2007)

Cast: Nadine Labaki, Yasmine Elmasri
Language: Arabic
Running Time: 95 mins
Director: Nadine Labaki
Censor Certificate: U/A
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Plot: 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 lady, 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?
My Review:Caramel?Till I saw this movie I knew only one thing about caramel.It's a sweet.But here in this movie I got to know that it's used for epilation(waxing) in salons in many countries.The title caramel then makes sense as it can be used as sweet or may be painful.The story revolves around these four friends running a salon & their lives.Its a typical girly movie with nothing we haven't seen before.I watched it only for the director Nadine Labaki.She co-wrote, directed, and starred in her feature-film debut, Caramel, which became an international sensation at film festivals and went on to achieve box office success.A romantic comedy that deals with five Beirut women who gather at a beauty salon and deal with love, sexuality, tradition, disappointment, and everyday ups and downs.Knowing the conservative nature of arab countries,this movie shows a totally different side of arab women.
My Rating:2.5/5,Watch it with your partner