Caramel Page #2

Synopsis: 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?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Nadine Labaki
Production: Roadside Attractions
  5 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
PG
Year:
2007
95 min
$1,000,000
Website
698 Views


Bragger! Bragger.

"...to get out of the vehicle..."

What did he say?

"Even God won't get me out".

God?

"Even God won't get me out...

...of the vehicle."

He's one strong guy.

You know that we have enough

reasons to send you to jail?

That'll make your day.

Oh, yes, our beautiful bride

Oh yes, Bassam is at her feet

Oh yes, for you we shall sing

Walk proud

Our lovely and pretty bride

If that night, Bassam didn 't mess up

And the police didn 't rub

His face in the mud

And your father didn't threaten him

Your wedding day

Would have never come so soon!

Walk proud, my lovely bride

The most beautiful rose

In the garden

Help! Help me!

Please, help me!

- Please let go.

- No way!

I want them.

Even if I must lie

in the middle of the road.

Go back, please. Let go.

I'll call a policeman.

I've had enough!

But I am the police.

He deserves it.

- Although he's cute.

- Cute? Him?

You never like anybody?

Enough. Without him,

we'd still be at the police station.

Even God wouldn't

get him out of the car.

These are parking tickets.

Why do you want them?

They are from my fianc.

Your fianc?

Come here.

My God, your grip is as powerful

as a crab's claw!

What's the matter, my dear Lili?

He's torturing me.

- What's going on?

- She's collecting tickets.

You don't want that?

That's better, isn't it?

- I don't want it.

- Take a flower.

I don't want it!

What is she doing?

She is stealing the tickets!

Thank you for what you did last night.

It's nothing.

If you hadn't been there...

You know, I didn't do much.

You could drop by our salon sometime.

- We'll give you special treatment.

- One day, I will.

Nisrine, come here!

All the girls will be at your service.

Goodbye. We'll be expecting you.

You think you're stronger

than the policeman?

Go inside now.

I won't.

Stop. I'm working.

Oh, really! You're working?

You do nothing but follow me.

Hello, ladies.

Hello. Welcome.

Don't talk to her!

Come, let me give you some love.

Go inside.

Ma'am, could you, please...

Go in, so I can understand.

How can you understand him?

You can't even understand me.

- He's American.

- Shut up. Let me find out what he wants.

He wants me to run away with him.

Go inside, you're embarrassing me.

I want to know what he wants.

Go play with the rubbish

you've been collecting.

Don't come out again.

There. That's the vest.

The jacket.

It's too big, it needs fixing.

- Oh, you want to fix it?

- Yes.

The trousers need shortening.

That's fine. Go change.

Alright. Go in and try it on.

- Try.

- Alright.

Thank you.

My darling likes to go for a stroll

In the evening, he says

Let's go

If I say no, I'm in trouble

Welcome, my prince

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Nadine Labaki

Nadine Labaki (Arabic: نادين لبكي‎; born February 18, 1974) is a Lebanese actress and director. more…

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