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  • 2022
  • Dekanalog
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2022
  • Dekanalog
  • 1 h 32 m

Summary 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 ...

Written By: Chloé Mazlo, Yacine Badday

  • 2022
  • Dekanalog
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2022
  • Dekanalog
  • 1 h 32 m

Skies of Lebanon

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Summary 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 ...

Written By: Chloé Mazlo, Yacine Badday

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75
Jul 21, 2022
Mazlo’s graphic design and animation background shines with a sort of elongated montage taking Alice from Beirut’s streets (guided by a woman dressed as the Lebanese flag’s cedar tree) to the diner where she meets Joseph and then through the years of them starting a family.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 6, 2023
It works as a powerful mediation on the optimism lost for a peacefully cosmopolitan Lebanon.
By Sumner Forbes FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 21, 2022
The movie’s openheartedness eventually wins the day.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Moby Dick Films, Arte France Cinéma, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Canal+, Ciné+, ARTE, Ad Vitam Distribution, Charades, Indéfilms 8, Cinémage 14, Moulin d'Andé-CECI
Release Date Jul 22, 2022
Duration 1 h 32 m
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Website https://www.advitamdistribution.com/films/sous-le-ciel-dalice/
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Awards

Amman International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
San Francisco International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Lumiere Awards, France
• 1 Nomination

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