Skies of Lebanon

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Alba Rohrwacher

Alice Kamar

Wajdi Mouawad

Joseph Kamar

Isabelle Zighondi

Mona Kamar

Mariah Tannoury

Mimi

Jade Breidi

Tony

Odette Makhlouf

Amal Kamar

Hany Tamba

Georges Kamar

Ziad Jallad

Selim

John Chelhot

Fady

Greta Zighondi

Hoda