Memory Box (2021)

Directed by

Khalil Joreige, Joana Hadjithomas

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Canada, Qatar, Lebanon

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

15

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mother in present-day Montreal receives a package containing her teenage diaries, letters, and cassettes from 1980s Beirut. Confronting her past, she reconnects with her rebellious youth and the traumas of the Lebanese civil war, while her daughter uncovers secrets about her family's history.

intimatecontemplativemelancholicpersonalnostalgiclayeredevocative

What happens

Memory Box is a 2021 drama film written and directed by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige. The film stars Rim Turki, Manal Issa and Paloma Vauthier. The film had its worldwide premiere at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival in March 2021. Memory Box is the first Lebanese film to be nominated, among 15 films, for the Berlinale Competition in four decades. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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