Memory Box (2021)

6.3/10 97 min Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Manal Issa

Maia (Young)

Hasan Akil

Raja (Young)

Jade Charbonneau

Denis Larocque

Tayna V. Lavoie

Luc-Martial Dagenais

Recommendations

Incendies
Élisa
Brothers
Sentinelle
Louder Than Bombs
Sweet Girl
Live and Become
Somewhere
Anemone
The Assembly Line
As I Open My Eyes
Julien Donkey-Boy
In My Father's Den
The Indian Runner
Happy End
Inheritance
Good Boy
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
The Client
3 Days to Kill