Memory Box

Tuesday, March 22nd*

“a vibrant, technically impressive approach to bringing personal material alive.”

Screen Daily

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Event Date: Tuesday, March 22nd*

Event Time: 7.30pm

Tickets: €9/7.50

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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

A film by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige

Cast: Rim Turki, Manal Issa, Paloma Vauthier, Cleménce Sabbagh, Hassan Akil

FILM INFO: Drama | French, Arabic, English | 102 mins | BBFC: 15

Festivals:

2021 Berlin International Film Festival

2021 BFI London Film Festival

“this is a film about how personal experiences inform a collective truth” Little White Lies

“memory box shows the sophisticated modernity of [Hadjithomas’s and Khalil’s] artistic approach” Hollywood Reporter

“Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige deliver a beautifully poignant intergenerational story” Variety