Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3472 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-09-08
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 92 minutes

DVD Description
Caramel is a deliciously indulgent and intimate account of five women working together in a beauty parlour. Beautiful Layal is oblivious to the gaze of a local admirer and instead fixates on a married man. Nisrine will soon be married but is afraid her fiancé will discover he isn’t her first lover. Rima has designs on one of her stunning, dark-haired customers. Jamal is an aspiring actress and is refusing to grow old, while ageing Rose is overwhelmed when she discovers true-love for the first time. As the women from different generations share in each others experiences and emotions, the beauty parlour becomes a colourful hub of friendship and wisdom. Caramel weaves a delicious tale of life and is as sweet and moreish as its title.

Synopsis
In this sweet and warm film from Lebanon, five women gather at a local salon to discuss their lives and loves. Director Nadine Labaki also co-wrote and stars in this comedy that played to acclaim at film festivals such as Cannes and Toronto.

Customer Reviews

delicious!
Im not a huge fan of foreign films, i prefer to watch whats happening on screen rather than reading subtitles below it, but i borrowed this newly released film from a friend who persuaded me i would enjoy it.
Set in Lebanon the film is not what i expected. It was the perfect blend of comedy and sweetness and sad and heartwarming. The story follows a group of women who either work in or around a beauty salon and everyone has their secrets, from the woman who has a crush on one of her customers to an elderly women exeriencing true love for the first time. The women are all modern and in and out of love, like any romantic comedy, except these women are very restricted by their religion and their familys expectations. It made me laugh out loud in moments, and you do really care and feel for the characters. Lebanon looks absolutley gorgeous, exotic and vibrant, and with this film the director, Nadine Labaki, who also plays the lead, layala, shows us why she loves her country so much.
In short, its a funny, sweet, uplifting, heartwarming romantic comedy that just so happens to have subtitles!

A sweet taste of Lebanon?
Caramel is a charming, if slight story of a group of women centred around a boutique in the Lebanon.

Not being Lebanese or knowing much about the country I was hoping for an insight but didn't really get one. That said it was a refreshing change to get a human tale from a country that so often features on the news for all the wrong reasons.

Some of the characters are well realised and, with the help of a good musical score, the film delivers well in many of its scenes. Unfortunately what happens in the film seems very little and even by the end I was waiting for it to begin in earnest.

a beautiful and life-affirming film
I found this film inspiring. It is an intimate account of the lives of five women in Beirut. It is thought provoking and honest. It's realistic. Life is not like a Hollywood movie, as Caramel says, life is like a melon; you have to cut it to see if it's good.