Memory Box
Memory Box- Director
- Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
- Country
- France, Lebanon, Canada
- Year
- 2021
- Genre
- Fiction
- Scriptwriters
- Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige, Gaëlle Macé
- Cast
- Manal Issa, Isabelle Zighondi, Rim Turkhi
- Production
- Abbout Productions, Ginger Beirut Production, Haut et Court, micro_scope
Storyline
The lives of three women are connected by a box containing their diaries, photographs and audio tapes.
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.
Festivals & Academy awards and others
Berlin International Film Festival 2021
Competition
Seville European Film Festival 2021
Official Section
Call for proposals Development
Media support 20.000 €
Slate Funding
Beneficiary: HAUT ET COURT SAS (FR)
