Caramel

Aug 9, 2007

1h 36m

★ 6.9

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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Bac Films

Les Films des Tournelles

Les Films de Beyrouth

Roissy Films

Sunnyland

ARTE France Cinéma

Caramel Trailers

Cast

Layale

Nadine Labaki

Nisrine

Yasmine Al Massri

Youssef

Adel Karam

Rima

Joanna Moukarzel

Jamale

Gisèle Aouad

Rose

Sihame Haddad

Lili

Aziza Semaan

Siham

Fatmeh Safa

Christine

Fadia Stella

Charles

Dimitri Staneofski

Bassam

Ismaïl Antar

Cliente rousse

Cinderella Al Hajj

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