Caramel
2007 · Movie · 96 min · ★ 6.9 · 82% critics
In a Beirut beauty salon, a close-knit group of women share daily rituals, laughter, and hard truths as they navigate love, family pressures, and personal freedom. As clients come and go, the salon becomes a warm refuge where friendships deepen and private worries surface in unexpected ways.
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Details
- Original title
- سكر بنات
- Years
- 2007
- Release date
- 2007-08-09
- Language
- AR
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Critic score
- 82/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (247 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a warm, bittersweet slice-of-life about friendship, romance, and social expectations in modern Beirut, with gentle humor and heart; Not for you if you need fast plots or tidy closure like a typical rom-com.
Pros: warm, charming tone; relatable women’s stories; strong friendship focus | Cons: loose ends linger; uneven pacing; some characters grating
Themes
- virgin
- new love
- sibling relationship
- hairdresser
- unexpected happiness
- beauty
- dressmaker
- strafzettel
- wedding
- police officer
- existence
- woman director
Awards & recognition
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2008 · nominated
Cast & crew
Nadine Labaki
as Layale
Yasmine Al Massri
as Nisrine
Adel Karam
as Youssef
Joanna Moukarzel
as Rima
Gisèle Aouad
as Jamale
Sihame Haddad
as Rose
Aziza Semaan
as Lili
Fatmeh Safa
as Siham
Fadia Stella
as Christine
- DS
Dimitri Staneofski
as Charles
Directed by Nadine Labaki