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Caramel

Caramel

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Caramel

2007

1h 36m

6.9(253 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Overview

In a beauty salon in Beirut the lives of five women cross paths. The beauty salon is a colorful and sensual microcosm where they share and entrust their hopes, fears and expectations.

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Production Companies

Bac Films

Les Films des Tournelles

ARTE France Cinéma

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Nadine Labaki

Nadine Labaki

Layale

Yasmine Al Massri

Yasmine Al Massri

Nisrine

Adel Karam

Adel Karam

Youssef

Joanna Moukarzel

Joanna Moukarzel

Rima

Gisèle Aouad

Gisèle Aouad

Jamale

Sihame Haddad

Sihame Haddad

Rose

Aziza Semaan

Aziza Semaan

Lili

Fatmeh Safa

Fatmeh Safa

Siham

Fadia Stella

Fadia Stella

Christine

Dimitri Staneofski

Charles

Creative team

Directed by: Nadine Labaki
Written by: Rodney El Haddad
Jihad Hojeily
Produced by: Anne-Dominique Toussaint

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