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CineCulture | 'Skies of Lebanon'

CineCulture | 'Skies of Lebanon'
  • Aug. 29-Sept. 2, online viewing.
  • 5:15 p.m. Sept. 2, Zoom discussion with actress Isabelle Zighondi.
  • Grand Prize at the Francophone International Film Festival in Tübingen, Germany.
  • 2020 International Critics’ Week of the Cannes Film Festival.
  • In French and Arabic with English subtitles.

Using stories told to her by her grandmother of life during the Lebanese Civil War (1975-90), director Chloé Mazlo crafts a touching and heartbreaking wartime love story. Alice, a young Swiss woman who moves to Beirut in the 1950s, falls in love with Joseph, a Lebanese astrophysicist with dreams of sending his fellow citizens into space.  Joseph and Alice appear to lead the perfect life. However, after years of bliss, the civil war threatens their Garden of Eden, and nothing will ever be the same again. Sponsored by the French program and the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literature.

Participation is simple. Head to the CineCulure website for a link and instructions on how to view that week’s film. To participate in the weekly discussion, just email Dr. Mary Husain at mhusain@csufresno.edu by the Thursday before the Friday discussion for the Zoom link.

Monday, August 29, 2022


Contact:

Dr. Mary Husain

Cost:

Free and open to the public