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Caramel (Sukkar banat)

Director: Nadine Labaki

Cast: Nadine Labaki, Gisèle Aouad, Joanna Moukarzel, Yasmine Elmasri, Sihame Haddad

(Roadside Attractions, 2007) Rated: PG

US DVD release date: 18 June 2008 (Lionsgate)

[13 February 2008]

by Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters Film and TV Editor

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Dedicated "To my Beirut," Caramel (Sukkar banat) is a carefully observed, splendidly composed soap opera.

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Tagged as: gisèle aouad | joanna moukarzel | nadine labaki | sihame haddad | yasmine elmasri

Review: Caramel (Sukkar banat)

Marc Calderaro

02.Jul.08

On the surface about the foibles and trials of salon workers and patrons, but underlined with the modernity of Lebanese women and their culture’s transition into westernism.

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