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“…lovingly shaped and deeply felt, a happy-sad charmer which deserves a wide audience.”—Time Out London
Layal (Nadine Labaki) runs a colorful beauty shop in Beirut with three other women. In this small community of women they each have their problems. Layal has a relationship with a married man, Nisrine (Yasmine Al Masri) who is no more a virgin, will soon be married, Rima (Joanna Moukarzel) is lesbian and Jamal (Gisèle Aouad) is worried about getting old.
Labaki, who is also the director / co- Caramel was Lebanon’s submission for 2008’s foreign language Oscar. |

(Avg. 3.5)Caramel (Arabic: سكر بنات Sukkar banat), the first feature film by Lebanese director/actress Nadine Labaki, is a 2007 Lebanese film. The film premiered on May 20 at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, in the Directors' Fortnight section . It ran for the Caméra d'Or.