Tonight 16^th July at 8.30pm  Māori TV is showing the movie in French:  Sous le ciel d’Alice (Skies of Lebanon)

Also: Repeated on Monday 17th July at 12.30pm.

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.

A poetic blending of the personal and political, Skies of Lebanon combines live action with animation to create a vivid picture of Lebanon, inspired by the family history of filmmaker Chloé Mazlo. Using stories told to her by her grandmother of life during the Lebanese Civil War, Mazlo crafts a touching and heart-breaking story of love during wartime. (Rotten Tomatoes)

Trailer: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1088228471674730

Dans les années 50, la jeune Alice quitte la Suisse pour s’installer au Liban, contrée ensoleillée et exubérante. Là-bas, elle a un coup de foudre pour Joseph, un astrophysicien malicieux qui rêve d’envoyer le premier libanais dans l’espace. Alice trouve vite sa place dans la famille de ce dernier.