Memory Box

feature film, drama, France, Lebanon, Canada, Qatar, 2021

DIRECTED BY: Joana Hadjithomas

Memory Box

CAST:
Rim Turki (Maia,
odrasla),
Manal Issa (Maia,
mlada),
Paloma Vauthier (Alex),
Clémence Sabbagh (Téta),
Hassan Akil (Raja)

SCRIPT:
Joana Hadjithomas,
Khalil Joreige,
Gaëlle Macé

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Josée Deshaies

MUSIC:
Charbel Haber,
Radwan Moumneh

EDITING:
Tina Baz

Synopsis:

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.

color, DCP, 102’

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