A trailer for Sukkar banat (سكر بنات)
or Caramel, first feature film by Nadine Labaki
(Director for Nancy Ajram main video clips)
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Caramel (Arabic: سكر بنات Sukkar banat) is a...
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A trailer for Sukkar banat (سكر بنات)
or Caramel, first feature film by Nadine Labaki
(Director for Nancy Ajram main video clips)
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Caramel (Arabic: سكر بنات Sukkar banat)
is a 2007 Lebanese film, the first feature film
by the lebanese director Nadine Labaki. It is
set to be released in late 2007. The film have
premiered on March 20 during the 2007 Cannes
Film Festival, in the Directors' Fortnight section.
This film have ran for the Caméra d'or during
the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
In the title of Caramel, Nadine refers to an
epilation method used in the middle east that
consists of heating sugar, water and lemon juice.
She tries as well to refer to the "idea of sweet
and salt, sweet and sour".
Synopsis:
Layal (Nadine Labaki) works in a beauty salon
in Beirut along with 3 other women. Each one
has a problem: 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 attracted to girls and
Jamal (Gisèle Aouad) is worried about getting
old. Rose (Sihame Haddad), a tailor with a shop
next to the salon, is an old lady who devoted
her life to take care of her older sister Lili
(Aziza Semaan), have found her first love.
Cast and Characters:
-Nadine Labaki as Layal
-Adel Karam as Youssef (The policeman)
-Yasmine Al Masri as Nisrine
-Joanna Moukarzel as Rima
-Gisèle Aouad as Jamal
-Sihame Haddad as Rose
-Asiza Semaan as Lili (Rose older sister)
-Fatmeh Safa as Siham (Mysterious lady with
long hair to whom Rima get attracted)
-Ismail Antar as Bassam (Nisrine's fiancé)
-Fadia Stella as Christine
-Dimitri Stancofski as Charles