In Switzerland, in the canton of Ticino, the Locarno film festival takes up its summer quarters as it does every year, transforming the small town on the shores of Lake Maggiore into a melting pot of world film enthusiasts. For this 75th edition, 226 films including 17 in competition are presented. One of them, Tales from the Purple Houseis a three-hour fresco on contemporary Lebanon, by Abbas Fadhel.