Plot
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?
Written by
Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily, Rodney El Haddad
Directed by
Nadine Labaki
Crew
Production Countries
Lebanon, France
Production Companies
Les Films des Tournelles, Les Films de Beyrouth, Roissy Films, Sunnyland, Fonds Sud Cinéma, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Cinéfondation, Ministère Libanais de la Culture, CNC, ARTE France Cinéma, Bac Films, Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement International
Languages
Français
Awards
5 wins & 9 nominations