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Memory Box (2021)

Memory Box (2021)

Drama
Release Date: 2021, December 3
Directors: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
Countries: Canada, France, Lebanon
Production: micro_scope, Abbout Productions, Ginger Beirut Production, Haut et Court
Cast: Rim Turki, Manal Issa, Paloma Vauthier, Clémence Sabbagh, Hasan Akil, Halim Abiad, Michelle Bado, Rita Bado, Patrick Chemali

Overview:

Maia, a single mother, lives in Montreal with her teenage daughter, Alex. On Christmas Eve, they receive an unexpected delivery: notebooks, tapes, and photos Maia, from 13 to 18 years old, sent from Beirut to her best friend who left for Paris to escape the civil war. Maia refuses to open the box or confront its memories, but Alex secretly begins diving into it. Between fantasy and reality, Alex enters the world of her mother’s tumultuous, passionate adolescence during the Lebanese civil war, unlocking mysteries of a hidden past.

Keywords:

mother daughter relationship death of brother lebanon suicide of father quebec beirut, lebanon painful memories lebanon war