Caramel [12A]
Friday 20 – Sunday 22 June / 8pm
Saturday 21 June / 5pm
Sunday 22 June / 3pm
Director Nadine Labaki
Cast Nadine Labaki, Yasmine Al Masri
Fr/Lebanon 2007 / Colour / Subtitles / 1hr 35m
This charming tale about five women working in a Lebanese beauty salon derives its title from the homemade caramel used to wax its clients’ legs but might just as easily refer to the perpetual golden light bathing its protagonists in this social comedy of manners. Leaving the political turmoil aside Labaki keeps things personal giving us a picture of five strong, independent women dealing with every day emotional entanglements beneath a beguiling tapestry of life in modern-day Beirut and all its contradictions, as Christian and Muslim, young and old, all live and work side by side. First time director Labaki displays an impressive ability to draw laughter and tears with equal proficiency.
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