Memory Box

IMDb link: 7265490
IMDb rating: 6.6 (971 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
Cast: Manal Issa, Rim Turki, Paloma Vauthier, Clemence Sabbagh and others

Release date: 19 Jan 2022
Release year: 2021
Runtime: 102 minutes
Country: Lebanon, Canada, France, Qatar
Keywords: quebec canada, lebanon, 2010s, christian lebanese, lebanese civil war, lebanese woman, beirut lebanon, lebanese immigrant, cell phone message on screen, female photographer

Plot:

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 sent to her best friend from 1980's Beirut. 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.

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