In Beirut, five women meet up at a beauty salon, a highly colourful and sensual world where they can speak freely about men, desire and motherhood.
Beirut is a city currently more associated with car bombs than hair salons. However, all that could change (in the movie world at least) with Caramel, a film drama that"s colourful, charming and as sweet as its title. But the caramel here is not the stuff found in the centre of chocolate bars. It"s the sticky substance used to remove hair on women"s legs at the cheerful beauty salon that"s the working and meeting place for a group of Lebanese women. Layale, Rima and Nisrine all work in the salon. Layale is feeling trapped and, if her sighs and vacant eyes are anything to go bye, slightly bored in her current relationship with a married man. Rima is a lesbian and works hard day in day out. Nisrine has quite a big issue. She"s unmarried and has lost her virginity, and in an Arab lifestyle this isn"t a brush-aside problem. The film is delightful without being overly sentimental, and it is refreshing to see a film that doesn"t portray Lebanon as a war-torn hell. Occasionally you wonder if the plot will offer up something a little more substantial, but as a study of believable women characters with real problems this is excellent.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. In Beirut, five women meet regularly in a beauty salon, a colourful and sensual microcosm of the city where several generations come into contact, talk and confide in each other. Layale loves Rabih, but Rabih is married. Nisrine is Muslim and her forthcoming marriage poses a problem: she is no longer a virgin. Rima is tormented by her attraction to women and especially to this lovely client with long hair. Jamale is refusing to grow old. Rose has sacrificed her life to take care of her elderly sister. In the salon, their intimate and liberated conversations revolve around men, sex and motherhood, between haircuts and sugar waxing with caramel. Actors Gisèle Aouad, Joanna Mkarzel, Nadine Labaki, Yasmine Elmasri, Adel Karam, Sihame Haddad, Aziza Semaan, Fatmeh Safa, Dimitri Staneofski, Fadia Stella & Ismaïl Antar Director Nadine Labaki Certificate PG Year 2008 Languages Arabic ; French Subtitles English Region Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.
Romantic comedy about the day-to-day lives of five Lebanese women from different generations and religious backgrounds who all meet in a Beirut beauty salon. Layal (Nadine Labaki) works in the salon with three other women. Each one has issues: Layal is in a relationship with a married man; Nisrine (Yasmine Al Masri) is no longer a virgin and will soon be married; Rima (Joanna Moukarzel) is a lesbian in love with a client; and Jamal (Gisele Aouad) is increasingly worried about getting old. Rose (Sihame Haddad), a tailor with a shop next to the salon, has found love for the first time after having spent her life caring for her older sister Lili (Aziza Semaan). This bittersweet film tells the tale of each woman as she strives for love and happiness.
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