Service Production
Log Line
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.
Festivals / Awards
59th La Semaine de la Critique, Cannes - (World Premiere)
Credits
Director: Chloe Mazlo
Screenplay: Chloe Mazlo
Producer: Frédéric Niedermayer
CAST
Alba Rohrwacher
Wajdi Mouawad
Director's Bio/Filmography
Chloé Mazlo is a French-Lebanese filmmaker, based in Paris. After studying graphic design at the Arts Décoratifs school in Strasbourg, she specialised in animated film directing, at the intersection of several film techniques. Her short films have been selected in various festivals in France and abroad, broadcasted on television (France 2, Canal +) and won several awards. In 2015, Les Petits cailloux won the Best Animated Short Film award at the César. Skies of Lebanon, starring Alba Rohrwacher and Wajdi Mouawad, is her first feature.