Caramel

Caramel (2007)

سكر بنات

In a beauty salon in Beirut the lives of five women cross paths. The beauty salon is a colorful and sensual microcosm where they share and entrust their hopes, fears and expectations.

Date of release
2007-08-09
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (256)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Director
Nadine Labaki

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Lebanon
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Caramel is a 2007 Lebanese film and the feature film directorial debut of Nadine Labaki. The screenplay was co-written by Labaki with Rodney El Haddad and Jihad Hojeily. It premiered on May 20, 2007, at the Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section, and was nominated for the Caméra d'Or.

Production

Labaki chose to cast mostly non-professional actors.

The shooting of Caramel ended nine days before the outbreak of the Israel-Lebanon in July 2006. The film was released in Cannes a year later. 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, Nadine's sister, was the costume designer. The music was composed by Khaled Mouzanar. Shortly after the movie release, Labaki married him.

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