MEMORY BOX
A film by
Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige
Written by
Gaëlle Macé, Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
With
Rim Turki, Manal Issa, Paloma Vauthier
Details
2020 – France, Canada, Lebanon, – French, Arabic, English – 102 minutes – Color
Awards & Festivals
71st Berlinale – Competition
Distribution
Trailer
Photos
Synopsis
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 Alexsecretly 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.
Crew
Director: Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige
Writers: Gaëlle Macé, Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
Coproducers: Haut et court (France) – Carole Scotta & Barbara Letellier, Abbout Productions (Lebanon) – Georges Schoucair & Christian Eid, micro_scope (Canada) Luc Déry, Kim McCraw & Jasmyrh Lemoine
Cinematographer: Josée Deshaies
Production designer: Laurent Brett
Costume designer: Lara Mae Khamis
Editor: Tina Baz
Original score: Radwan Ghazi Moumneh & Charbel Haber
Sound: Guillaume Le Braz, Rana Eid, Olivier Goinard