Memory Box

Memory Box

2021•1h 37m•6.3/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.3/10(30)

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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Production

micro_scope, Abbout Productions, Ginger Beirut Production, Haut et Court

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Manal Issa

Manal Issa

Maia (Young)

Rim Turki

Maia (Adult)

Paloma Vauthier

Alex

Clémence Sabbagh

Téta

Hasan Akil

Hasan Akil

Raja (Young)

Halim Abiad

Halim (Young)

Michelle Bado

Michelle (Young)

Rita Bado

Michelle (Young)

Patrick Chemali

Halim (Adult)

Rabih Mroué

Raja (Adult)

Rea Gemayel

Nisrine Abi Samra

Reina Jabbour

Joe Kodeih

Jade Charbonneau

Jade Charbonneau

Benjamin Hatcher

Denis Larocque

Denis Larocque

Tayna V. Lavoie

Tayna V. Lavoie

Luc-Martial Dagenais

Luc-Martial Dagenais

Emile Chrabieh

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