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In the fifties, young Alice leaves her native Swiss mountains for the sunny and vibrant shores of Beirut. She falls madly in love with Joseph, a quirky astrophysicist intent on sending the first Lebanese national into space. Alice quickly fits in among his relatives, but after years of bliss, the civil war threatens their Garden of Eden

Primary Title
  • Skies of Lebanon
Date Broadcast
  • Sunday 16 July 2023
Release Year
  • 2020
Start Time
  • 20 : 30
Finish Time
  • 22 : 00
Duration
  • 90:00
Channel
  • Whakaata Māori
Broadcaster
  • Whakaata Māori
Programme Description
  • In the fifties, young Alice leaves her native Swiss mountains for the sunny and vibrant shores of Beirut. She falls madly in love with Joseph, a quirky astrophysicist intent on sending the first Lebanese national into space. Alice quickly fits in among his relatives, but after years of bliss, the civil war threatens their Garden of Eden
Classification
  • PGR
Owning Collection
  • TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • French
  • Arabic
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
  • Man-woman relationships--Drama
  • Astrophysicists--Lebanon--Drama
  • Lebanon--History--Civil War, 1975-1990--Drama
  • Young women--Switzerland--Drama
  • Feature films--France
Genres
  • Drama
  • Historical drama
  • Romance
  • War
Contributors
  • Chloé Mazlo (Director)
  • Chloé Mazlo (Writer)
  • Yacine Badday (Writer)
  • Alba Rohrwacher (Actor)
  • Wajdi Mouawad (Actor)
  • Isabelle Zighondi (Actor)
  • Odette Makhlouf (Actor)
  • Hany Tamba (Actor)
  • Mariah Tannoury (Actor)
  • Jade Breidi (Actor)
  • Hélène Louvart (Director of Photography)
  • Clémence Carré (Editor)
  • Aurélien Maillé (Production designer)
  • Frédéric Niedermayer (Producer)
  • Bachar Khalifé (Composer)
  • Moby Dick Films (Production Unit)
  • Arte France cinéma (Production Unit)
  • Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (Funder)
  • Canal+ (Funder)
  • Ciné+ (Funder)
Subjects
  • Man-woman relationships--Drama
  • Astrophysicists--Lebanon--Drama
  • Lebanon--History--Civil War, 1975-1990--Drama
  • Young women--Switzerland--Drama
  • Feature films--France