The Little Stones

With excerpts from her diary as a link narrative, Chloé has realised a series of animations, which tells her failed love stories and developped her theories on love.

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.

A woman is forced to leave Venezuela, where she has lived for 28 years. She wonders what to pack in her suitcase.

A jeweler tells his children the story of diamond. An existential perspective of the history of the precious stone, supported by the voice of a storyteller prone to digress…

Traumatised by a painfull breakup, Joseph decides on stepping out of his house, and finding some sugar in order to remove bitterness from his life.

Summer 2006. Paris, France. Chloe is waiting patiently for her departure to Beirut. She has decided to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of her parents’ arrival in France by taking a road trip to Lebanon. Just as they had done to escape the war, but the other way round. The journey is meant to allow her to discover Lebanon, and address her identity issues. Ironically, a new war breaks out a few days before her departure. Her plans are upset, but the irrational attachment she nurtures for this wounded country pushes her to leave nevertheless…

Paul, aged 8, doesn't want to take his dog Paulette for a walk. Which is hardly surprising: his family's just moved to a new neighborhood and Paul doesn't like the unfamiliar - it's too risky. But, when Paulette runs off, Paul finds himself face to face with a crew of kids and their homemade treehouse-raft! Soon, it's all aboard for a mysterious mission, full of excitement and adventure...

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