In Beirut, five women regularly meet up at a beauty salon, a highly colourful and sensual microcosm where several generations intermingle, talking and exchanging all sorts of secrets. Layale loves Rabih, but he’s a married man. Nisrine is a Muslim who has a problem with her coming wedding: she's no longer a virgin. Rima is tormented by her attraction to women and lives during her stints at the hairdresser’s for the visits of a beautiful, long-haired client. Jamale refuses to grow old. Rose has sacrificed herself to look after her older sister. At the salon, men, sex and motherhood are the subjects at the heart of their intimate and liberated conversations among the haircuts and caramel depilations.
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| Nadine Labaki |
| Born in Lebanon in 1974, she holds a degree in Audiovisual Studies from Saint Joseph University in Beirut. Her graduation work, 11 Rue Pasteur (1997) landed the Award for Best Short at the IMA Arab Film Biennial (Paris) in 1998. She later started to make commercials and music videos for women performers in the Middle East. In 2004 she participated in the Cannes Festival Résidence to write the screenplay for Caramel, her feature debut. |
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