Nadine Labaki: beauty without cruelty

By 2007-07-24T16:35:00

Labaki's first feature, Caramel, follows the lives and loves of five women who gather at a neighbourhood beauty salon. The title refers both to the Middle Eastern art of hair removal using a sugary paste, and 'the idea of sweet and salt, sugary and sour', says Labaki.

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