Caramel
Sun 6 Jul 2008 8pm
Cert PG, 95 mins Dir: Nadine Labaki France/Lebanon 2007
Caramel is a deliciously indulgent and intimate account of five women working together in a beauty parlour.
Beautiful Layal is oblivious to the gaze of a local admirer and instead fixates on a married man. Nisrine will soon be married but is afraid her fiancé will discover he isn’t her first lover. Rima has designs on one of her stunning, dark-haired customers. Jamal is an aspiring actress and is refusing to grow old, while ageing Rose is overwhelmed when she discovers true-love for the first time. As the women from different generations share in each others experiences and emotions, the beauty parlour becomes a colourful hub of friendship and wisdom. Caramel weaves a delicious tale of life and is as sweet and moreish as its title. In Arabic and French with English subtitles.
A lovely little comedy-drama Time Out
£7 (£5.50 Members)