Caramel
Released on Friday 16th May
Directed by Nadine Labaki
Starring Nadine Labaki, Yasmine Elmasri, Sihame Haddad
A romantic comedy centered on the daily lives of five Lebanese women going in Beirut. Layale (Nadine Labaki) works in a beauty salon in Beirut along with two other women, Nisrine (Yasmine Al Masri) and Rima (Joanna Moukarzel). Each one has a problem: Layale is stuck in a dead-end relationship with a married man; Nisrine is no longer a virgin but is set to be married to a Muslim; Rima is attracted to women; Jamale (Gisèle Aouad), a regular customer and wannabe actress, is worried about getting old; Rose (Sihame Haddad), a tailor with a shop next to the salon, is an old woman who had devoted her life to taking care of her mentally unbalanced older sister Lili (Aziza Semaan), but has found her first love.
With the exception of Nadine, all the actors are non professional. You will fall in love with Lili, the old lady who Nadine Labaki told us played her part as if it were real.