Skies of Lebanon

Skies of Lebanon

90 mins | Drama | June 30, 2021

In the fifties, young Alice leaves her natal 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.

Skies of Lebanon

90 mins | Drama | June 30, 2021

Skies of Lebanon
In the fifties, young Alice leaves her natal 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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers ARTE France Cinéma, Canal+, ARTE, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, Moby Dick Films, Ciné+, Moulin d'Andé-CECI, Cinémage 14, Indéfilms 8
Original title Sous le ciel d'Alice
Directors Chloé Mazlo
Writers Yacine Badday, Chloé Mazlo

Cast

Alba Rohrwacher

as Alice Kamar

Wajdi Mouawad

as Joseph Kamar

Isabelle Zighondi

as Mona Kamar

Mariah Tannoury

as Mimi

Jade Breidi

as Tony

Odette Makhlouf

as Amal Kamar

Hany Tamba

as Georges Kamar

Ziad Jallad

as Selim

John Chelhot

as Fady

Greta Zighondi

as Hoda

Chloé Zighondi

as Nada

Charbel Kamel

as Walid

Cécile Moubarak

as Raymonde

Maroun Moubarak

as Raymonde's Wife

Ishac Diwan

as TV Journalist

Joelle Abou Chabke

as TV Instructor

Mayssaloun Nassar

as Radio Journalist (voice)

Nadine Naous

as The Tree

Nadim Bahsoun

as Death

Robert Mazlo

as The Priest

Bernard Boulad

as Director of the Conservatory

Jean-François Baalbaky

as The Minister of Reconstruction

Elias Wehaibé

as The Policeman

Fabrice Colson

as Swiss Embassy Employee