Cinema: Charming and sweet slice of Beirut life

Forget four spiteful mannequins tottering around New York. The real Sex and The City is happening in hot, dusty Beirut where five women bond over blow-dries in a run-down beauty salon.

{ "#" : "Written and directed by debutant Nadine Labaki, who also plays shop owner Layale, takes its title from the boiled sugar used to remove unwanted body hair from pernickety patrons, but fits just as well with the sweet, golden, sticky ...