Memory Box

Memory Box

100 mins | Drama | Dec. 3, 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 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.

Memory Box

100 mins | Drama | Dec. 3, 2021

Memory Box
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Haut et Court, Abbout Productions, micro_scope, Ginger Beirut Production
Original title دفاتر مايا
Directors Rania Salame, Sahar Mousallem, Wael Dib, Gabrielle Mankiewicz, Isabelle Lauzon, Khalil Joreige, Joana Hadjithomas
Writers Normand Bergeron, Benoît Pilon, Marc Robitaille

Cast

Manal Issa

as Maia (Young)

Rim Turki

as Maia

Paloma Vauthier

as Alex

Hassan Akil

as Raja (Young)

Halim Abiad

as Halim (Young)

Michelle Bado

as Michelle (Young)

Rita Bado

as Michelle

Patrick Chemali

as Halim

Rabih Mroué

as Raja