Stéphanie Aznarez

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.

レバノン出身の奇才ジアド・ドゥエイリ監督が、自らの体験を基に描いたドラマ。パレスチナ人とレバノン人の水漏れを巡る口論が国を揺るがす大騒動へと発展する様子を、時に緊迫感満載に、時にユーモラスに描く。