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Memory Box (2021)
Directed by Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
Drama · 1h 37m
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.
Cast
Manal Issa
Maia (Young)
R
Rim Turki
Maia (Adult)
P
Paloma Vauthier
Alex
C
Clémence Sabbagh
Téta
Hasan Akil
Raja (Young)
H
Halim Abiad
Halim (Young)
M
Michelle Bado
Michelle (Young)
R
Rita Bado
Michelle (Young)
P
Patrick Chemali
Halim (Adult)
R
Rabih Mroué
Raja (Adult)
R
Rea Gemayel
N
Nisrine Abi Samra
Crew
- Director
- Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
- Screenplay
- Normand Bergeron, Marc Robitaille, Benoît Pilon
- Director of Photography
- Josée Deshaies
- Original Music Composer
- Charbel Haber, Radwan Moumneh
- Editor
- Tina Baz
- Producer
- Georges Schoucair, Christian Eid, Carole Scotta, Barbara Letellier
Details
- Release date
- 2021-12-03
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, English, French
- Countries
- Canada, France, Lebanon
- Production
- micro_scope, Abbout Productions, Ginger Beirut Production, Haut et Court