Caramel Page #6

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
720 Views


I want to know who she is.

What she's like.

How she walks.

How she smells.

Do you think you are

the only one living a lie?

Nisrine?

What's the matter?

Honey, what's wrong?

What's wrong? What's wrong?

What is it?

I swear, I'm fine.

We should be talking

about your wedding.

What's the matter?

My prince charming won't be the first.

What do you mean?

Bassam won't be my first man.

- He doesn't know?

- No, he doesn't.

Don't fuss, we'll kill two morning doves.

What are you talking about?

I've heard that if a girl has sinned...

...a little dove's blood

on the bridal sheet will do.

Why not sparrows?

Maybe it looks more real.

How do you trick the husband?

Well, the bride works it out.

It's like a challenge.

You and your crazy ideas.

What do you suggest?

What happened?

Let's go, girls.

Back to your rooms, break's over.

Stop lazing around.

Souad Abdel-Sater?

Why not Abdel-Satan!

I don't understand.

Souad Abdel-Sater?

Where did you get that name?

In the obituaries?

Couldn't you pick a Christian name?

Rita or Theresa, for example?

While we're at it...

...let's choose a French name.

Marie, Julie.

I can't be a "Marie" just once?

Yes, it would suit you.

What, you think you're going

to the Moulin Rouge or the Lido?

It's just a clinic.

Stop fussing.

You can hardly say "hi" in French.

You flunked it in high school.

I don't have to speak.

So you'd be a dumb French girl?

What do you know?

I can speak French.

My name is Julie. I'm from Paris.

I've come for a "hot" couture.

Shut up, he'll hear us.

Okay, I'll shut up.

- Good morning, Sir.

- Good morning.

I'm going to the museum, please.

- Where?

- Museum.

Get in.

Good morning.

But we're not going to the museum.

We'll take a shortcut.

Don't worry. I know the way.

Julie what?

- Pompidou.

- Pompidou?

For Dr. Stambouli?

Fourth...

...floor, lift is on your left.

Miss Pompidou...

...signature, please.

Two Stambouli stitches...

...and you'll be good as new.

Like a teenager.

If Mr. Pompidou calls...

...tell him I am at the tailor's.

What are you listening to?

Your hair is beautiful.

Thank you.

I like yours too, but...

...short hair would suit you,

you have a beautiful face.

I wish.

We could do it now.

Cut my hair?

They'd go mad at home.

Rima.

You've used up the hot water.

What now?

Oh, sorry.

I've come for...

...the special...

The waxing offer.

I didn't quite understand.

Someone from your salon called me.

Isn't this salon Si Belle?

Yes, I called you.

- Your name?

- Christine Khoury.

My appointment is for tomorrow.

But today is better.

Is it a problem?

No, no problem.

What will it be?

Waxing.

Layale.

The lady's here for the special.

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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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