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. However, after years of bliss, the civil war threatens their Garden of Eden.

Inspired by her own family saga, Chloé Mazlo’s bewitching debut possesses a resolute faith in the power of love that soars above wartime precarity. With a ravishing turn from Alba Rohrwacher, the film glides between live action and animation, proposing a fresh approach to the retelling of history.