
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 seam... (Full plot summary below)
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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?
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| MovieTime, ABC Radio NationalJulie RiggMany films these days celebrate female solidarity. Post-feminism, it's almost obligatory. But very few do it as convincingly, and with such style. |
| OregonianM.E. RussellCaramel finds a big-hearted, Mira Nair-ish groove. The characters are gorgeous. And [director] Labaki gets terrific performances out of a largely nonprofessional cast. |
| Miami HeraldCraig OuthierWistful tale of friendship and solidarity. |
| Jam! MoviesBruce KirklandA light-hearted yet razor-smart, bittersweet comedy about life in Beirut. |
| Toronto StarSusan Walker[Writer-Director] Labaki writes and directs with a sure hand for capturing universal truths. |
| culturevulture.netBeverly BerningCaramel is a warm, funny and compassionate movie that examines five women who are at very different stages in their lives, each one with a particular problem to work out. |
| Kansas City StarRobert W. ButlerLabaki is so enchanting you'll find yourself looking forward to her next appearance. |
| Urban CinefileAndrew L. UrbanThe result is a sweet, but certainly not cloying, film about relationships in modern Beirut %u2013 the city to which Labaki dedicates her film. |
| The AustralianDavid StrattonIt's one of the best films about women you're likely to see this year. |
| Matt's Movie ReviewsMatthew PejkovicCaramel is filled with more dignity, class, and realism than a Sex and the City could ever muster. |