If you never understood anything to the war in Lebanon, this might not be the best film to help you along... But, if you're interested to the havoc that wars (whether civil or not) can cause, this is a film for you. Funny, bitter and touching (I could add a dozen other adjectives...) "Civilisées" is the tale of a few people (especially servants who have been left behind when the bosses fled to safer places), isolated and lost in a senseless conflict where having a good time can mean taping dynamite to a stray cat... the problem being that stray cats can be very affectionate and WILL try to cling to you even after you've lit the fuse...