Akel Hawa (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
... minister Christine Albanel, which delayed commander’s insignia in the order of arts and letter to Nadine Labaki. Labaki thanked France for her help to produce this movie which wouldn’t exist without this help.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Cast: Nadine Labaki, Yasmine Al-Masri, Joanna Moukarzel, Gisèle Aouad, Director: Nadine Labaki The caramel of the title refers to a paste made of sugar, lemon juice and water that is boiled ...
NHatky (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
New Delhi, Just in case you are in no mood to be caught in the newcomer Imran-Harman rat race going on at the Bollywood BO, foreign flick ‘Caramel’ starring Nadine Labaki, Abel Karam, Joanna Moukarzel and Yasamine Al Masri is the movie that you can catch at the theatre ...
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Momentum PicturesCaramel on 8th September 2008 priced at £19.99. Set in Beirut, Caramel is an indulgent and intimate account of five women working together in a beauty parlour, a colourful and sensual microcosm of the city where several generations come to talk and confide in each other.Co-written, directed by and starring Nadine Labaki, the film also stars Yasmine Al Masri, Joanna Moukarzel,...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
The gooey title confection of "Caramel" is used for waxing unwanted female body hair, and with each swatch of follicles, out come the sisterly secrets. Nadine Labaki's film is a Lebanese "Steel Magnolias," and the novel setting makes up for the timeworn plotlines.
Afrigator (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
Caramel is the first feature film by Nadine Labaki (who is known in Lebanon as a director of music videos by individuals such as Noura Rahal, Nancy Ajram, Carole Samaha, and Star Academy), and viewers will immediately see an interesting juxtaposition between the richness of the Beirut beauty salon and the worn down and bombed out outside world. The five women that are central to Caramel...
