Caramel
The main merit of this film is that it comes from Lebanon, not a common source of cinema and we get to see scenes of everyday Beirut. It is definitely a woman’s film focusing on the lives of five women in and around a neighbourhood hairdressers. Typically, all the women have secrets and stories and Nadine Labaki shows us slices of their life from the respressed homosexual to the non virgin bride to the impossible affair with a married man. All fairly typìcal issues and yet the characters are full enough for this not to be a cliché. 
Labaki is the director, co-writer and lead actress and she does very well, aside from being very beautiful. I found Gisele Aouad a bit grotesque but credible as the menopausal customer trying to look younger, while the subplot involving Aunt Rose and her demented sister Lily (Aziza Semaan) grows on you. Overall, it is a watchable film without being anything special.
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