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Memory Box

6.3 97 mins Drama   2021
micro_scope   Abbout Productions   Ginger Beirut Production   Haut et Court  
Director(s): Joana Hadjithomas Khalil Joreige

Release Date: 03 Fri, Dec 2021

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.

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