The Box of Life (2002)

Original title

صندوق الدنيا

Directed by

Usama Muhammad

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 52m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker returns to his family home and cares for his ailing mother. The story follows his encounters with the changes in his childhood neighborhood and the people he once knew.

melancholicslow-burncontemplativebittersweetintimatepoignantquietvisually stark

What happens

The Box of Life (Arabic: صندوق الدنيا, French: Coffre de la vie) is a 2002 Syrian-French drama film directed by Usama Muhammad. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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