Caramel (2007) France, Lebanon
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Director:Nadine Labaki
Studio:Les Films des Tournelles
Producer:Rémi Burah, Anne-Dominique Toussaint, Raphael Berdugo, Stéphane Riga
Writer:Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily
Rating:7.2 (9,986 votes)
Rated:PG
Date Added:2017-01-11
UPC:774212000188
Awards:5 wins & 6 nominations
Genre:Comedy, Drama, Romance
IMDb:0825236
Duration:95
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.85 : 1
Sound:Dolby Digital
Languages:French
Subtitles:English
LAC code:300010936
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Nadine Labaki  ...  (Director)
Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily  ...  (Writer)
 
Nadine Labaki  ...  Layale
Yasmine Al Massri  ...  Nisrine (as Yasmine Al Masri)
Joanna Moukarzel  ...  Rima
Gisèle Aouad  ...  Jamale
Adel Karam  ...  Youssef
Sihame Haddad  ...  Rose (as Siham Haddad)
Aziza Semaan  ...  Lili
Fatmeh Safa  ...  Siham (as Fatme Safa)
Dimitri Staneofski  ...  Charles (as Dimitri Stancofsky)
Fadia Stella  ...  Christine
Ismaïl Antar  ...  Bassam
Cinderella Al Hajj  ...  Cliente rousse
Daed Al Khoury  ...  Samia
Farida Saleba  ...  Cliente salon (as Farida Saliba)
Jocelyne El Khoury  ...  Cliente salon
Yasmine Elmasri  ...  Nisrine (as Yasmine Al Masri)
Yousra Karam  ...  Salon client
Victoria Bader  ...  Salon client
Sara Abou Rjayleh  ...  Fille de Christine
Daddy Abourlek  ...  Jeune femme devant les toilettes
Rémi Burah  ...  co-producer
Raphaël Berdugo  ...  associate producer
Mohammed Alalwan  ...  Policier commissariat
Ali Alarif  ...  Père de Bassam
Ahmad Antar  ...  Réceptionniste Hôtel 3
Mounzer Baalbaki  ...  Réceptionniste Hôtel 1
Rana Babouss  ...  Fille casting au téléphone
Liliane Bardakji  ...  Amie de la mère de Layale
Karim Batlouni  ...  Fils de Jamale
Nadia Beyrouti  ...  Fille de l'hôtel
Halsam Chamas  ...  Beau Frère
Siline Chamas  ...  Enfant famille de Bassam
Lara Chekerdjian  ...  Directrice casting (as Lara Chekerjian)
Nader Ekhabeb  ...  Prêtre
Hélène Fares  ...  Femme casting
Nazek Fawaz  ...  Cousine Nisrine
Farah Fouami  ...  Soeur de Bassam
Sonia Ghoussalny  ...  Soeur de Nisrine
Georges Hadad  ...  Beau Frère
Antoinette Hadoune  ...  Jeune femme devant les toilettes
Hassan Hamad  ...  Livreur
Soad Hamdan  ...  Tante de Bassam
Joe Hobelch  ...  Habib
Ibrahim Hocin  ...  Client hôtel
Samih Ilgari  ...  Chauffeur de taxi
Khalrallah Jebran  ...  Père de Nisrine
Elie Kassis  ...  Frère de Nisrine
Viken Kazababjian  ...  Le médecin
Karolina Keisar  ...  Salon client
Nina Khoury  ...  Amie de la mère de Layale
Walid Khoury  ...  Frère de Layale
Caroline Labaki  ...  Fille qui sort du casting
Youssef Lattouf  ...  Père de Layale
Nisrine Loublech  ...  Soeur de Bassam
Ilba Majahdi  ...  Soeur de Bassam
Amal Mansour  ...  L'infirmière hôpital
Jean Mansour  ...  Policier arrestation
Hoda Maroune  ...  Mère de Layale
Mona Masri  ...  Mère de Bassam
Ahmad Moussa  ...  Réceptionniste Hôtel 2
Najah Moustafa  ...  Enfant famille de Bassam
Nancy  ...  Woman in taxi
Dalay Sabbagh  ...  Jeune fille bus
Sara Sabbah  ...  Fille de Jamale
Rayan Siblini  ...  Enfant sous la table
Hadi Yassin  ...  Enfant famille de Bassam
Maha Youness  ...  Mère de Nisrine
Khaled Mouzannar  ...  Composer
Yves Sehnaoui  ...  Cinematographer
Laure Gardette  ...  Editor
Abla Khoury  ...  Casting Director
Cynthia Zahar  ...  Production Designer
Nader Sidani  ...  Makeup Artist
Matthieu Bled  ...  post-production manager
Stéphane Riga  ...  Production Manager
Jimmy Dib  ...  trainee assistant director
Hicham Kadiri  ...  Assistant Director
Elizabeth Marre  ...  first assistant director
Christophe Bourreau  ...  foley artist
Emmanuel Croset  ...  Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Hervé Guyader  ...  chief sound editor
Pierre-Yves Lavoué  ...  Sound mixer
Nicolas Lefebvre  ...  dialogue editor
Velislava Stoyanova  ...  Boom Operator
Hubert Teissedre  ...  foley recording engineer
Bertrand de Saint Seine  ...  digital compositor
Ludivine Ducrocq  ...  production administration
Yann Larochette  ...  digital compositor
Christophe Legendre  ...  color grader
Manuel Dacosse  ...  first assistant camera
Mher Keshishian  ...  crane operator
Elie Merhy  ...  Electrician
Michel Serhal  ...  Electrician
Summary: Six women in Beirut seek love, marriage, and companionship and find duty, friendship, and possibility. Four work at a salon: Nisrine, engaged to Bassam, with a secret she shares with her co-workers; Jamale, a divorced mother of teens, a part-time model, fearing the encroachment of time; Rima, always in pants, attracted to Siham, a client who smiles back; Layale, in love with a married man, willing to drop everything at a honk of his horn. There's also Rose, a middle-aged seamstress, who cares for Lili, old and facing dementia. Rose has a suitor; Layale has an admirer on the police force. Is delight a possibility? Is caramel a sweet or an instrument of pain?