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Habbet Caramel (Arabic: حبه كاراميل, lit. ‘A Piece of Caramel) is a 2017 Lebanese Comedy-Romance film based on a successful Lebanese TV series ‘Caramel’. Directed by Elie F. Habib, written by Mazen Taha and produced by Eagle Films. Habbet Caramel conveys multiple numbers of love stories with strange turn of events. Starring Maguy Bou Ghosn, Dhaffer L’Abidine, Talal Jarday, Jessie Abdo, Hicham Haddad, May Sahab, Mai Sayegh and Christian El Zoghby in the lead roles. The film scored over $38,561 on the first day it premiered on 21st of December 2017 in the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Lebanon.

Synopsis
Habbet Caramel revolves around the life of Maya (Maguy You Ghosn) when her life turns upside down after being mysteriously gifted a piece of caramel candy that gave her the ability to hear men’s thoughts. Her mother is a certified chemist and tries to use her knowledge in order to help her escape the misery Maya has been struggling with for a while, instead results in worse side effects. Maya starts hearing the thoughts of children, women and men. Maya starts having a very difficult time going to public places as she cannot stand staying silent for what sounds wrong to her. Her ability to hear people’s thoughts even resulted in her running out of her own wedding after hearing the horrible critiques from random guests.

She uses her powers for good and decides to work as a secretary in a cosmetic surgery clinic who is co-owned by her soon to be husband Raja (Dhaffer L’Abidine) and Saqr (Hisham Haddad) who is allegedly trying to illegally import busted and bogus implants to expand his name in the medical business, as well as, fail Raja’s (Dhaffer L’Abdine) reputation in the business industry after being named one of the most successful business men in the country. She also ended up curing women’s obsessions with cosmetic surgery and self image by hosting an all natural body fashion show.

Cast
• Maguy Bou Ghosn as Maya

• Dhaffer L’Abidine as Raja

• Talal Jarday as Fares

• Jessie Abdo as Rahaf

• Hisham Haddad as Saqr

• May Sahab as Ghada

• Mai Sayegh as Jumana

• Christian El Zoghby as Aboud

Critical reception
As of 28 January 2018, the IMDb rating reported that an estimate of 95 critics gave a mix of positive and negative reviews, based on 16 reviews stated its 1/10 and 18 reviews stated its 6/10 and another 18 reviews stated its 10/10. The website estimated the movie’s rating to be 5.8/10. A Facebook critic named Joe N Lara Raheb states, “Truly a disaster. What a terrible movie. How the great actors agreed to the script is beyond my understanding. Who wrote this rubbish that somehow they tried to link to the great series. I can't begin to explain how bad this is. I guess for those who watched it will understand the train wreck that this movie is. I want the 90min of my life I lost on the movie hoping somehow they will make it work. SPOILER.... They don't fix it... Avoid and keep the fond memories of the series.” on a facebook page promoting the movie.

Box office
As of 27th of December 2017, A few days after the opening night of the movie in Dubai and Beirut, Habbet Caramel has grossed a little over $38,561 in the United Arab Emirates and The Republic of Lebanon, despite its limited release. In the Middle East and Africa, the movie has amassed a little over $64,494 making it a decently profitable foreign film.