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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.</p></div> <table class="scheda-film"> <tr><td class="title2c">international title: </td><td>Memory Box</td></tr><tr><td class="title2c">original title: </td><td>Memory Box</td></tr><tr><td class="title2c">working title: </td><td>The Notebooks</td></tr><tr><td class="title2c">country: </td><td><a href="en/filmsindex/397815/alt/2021/ctr/250/">France</a>, <a href="en/filmsindex/397815/alt/2021/ctr/124/">Canada</a>, <a href="en/smfilmsindex/397815/alt/2021/ctr/422/">Lebanon</a>, <a href="en/filmsindex/397815/alt/2021/ctr/634/">Qatar</a></td></tr><tr class="special-orange"><td class="title2c">sales agent: </td><td><a href="en/intsale/26603/">Playtime</a></td></tr><tr><td class="title2c">year: </td><td><a href="en/filmsindex/397815/alt/250/year/2021/">2021</a></td></tr><tr><td class="title2c">genre: </td><td>fiction</td></tr><tr><td class="title2c">directed by: </td><td><a href="en/filmography/63505/">Khalil Joreige</a>, <a href="en/filmography/63504/">Joana Hadjithomas</a></td></tr><tr><td class="title2c">film run: </td><td>104'</td></tr><tr><td class="title2c">screenplay: </td><td><a href="en/filmography/56507/">Gaëlle Macé</a>, <a href="en/filmography/63505/">Khalil Joreige</a>, <a href="en/filmography/63504/">Joana Hadjithomas</a></td></tr><tr><td class="title2c">cast: </td><td><a href="en/filmography/66441/">Rim Turki</a>, <a href="en/filmography/300310/">Manal Issa</a>, <a href="en/filmography/397816/">Paloma Vauthier</a>, <a href="en/filmography/398635/">Clémence Sabbagh</a>, <a href="en/filmography/398636/">Hassan Akil</a></td></tr><tr><td class="title2c">cinematography by: </td><td><a href="en/filmography/57662/">Josée Deshaies</a></td></tr><tr><td class="title2c">film editing: </td><td><a href="en/filmography/63503/">Tina Baz</a></td></tr><tr><td class="title2c">art director: </td><td><a href="en/filmography/398637/">Maïa El Khoury</a>, <a href="en/filmography/398638/">Mary Lynn Deachman</a>, <a href="en/filmography/149119/">Franckie Diago</a></td></tr><tr><td class="title2c">costumes designer: </td><td><a href="en/filmography/398639/">Lara Mae Khamis</a></td></tr><tr><td class="title2c">music: </td><td><a href="en/filmography/398640/">Radwan Ghazi Moumneh</a>, <a href="en/filmography/248859/">Charbel Haber</a></td></tr><tr><td class="title2c">producer: </td><td><a href="en/filmography/25982/">Carole Scotta</a>, <a href="en/filmography/152725/">Georges Schoucair</a>, <a href="en/filmography/398641/">Christian Eid</a>, <a href="en/filmography/88946/">Barbara Letellier</a>, <a href="en/filmography/149263/">Luc Déry</a>, <a href="en/filmography/149264/">Kim McCraw</a>, <a href="en/filmography/398642/">Jasmyrh Lemoine</a></td></tr><tr><td class="title2c">executive producer: </td><td><a href="en/filmography/25982/">Carole Scotta</a></td></tr><tr><td class="title2c">line producer: </td><td><a href="en/filmography/246028/">Abla Khoury</a>, <a href="en/filmography/398643/">Lara Karam Chekerdjian</a></td></tr><tr><td class="title2c">production: </td><td><a href="en/prodcompany/8215/">Haut et Court</a>, Abbout Productions (LB), micro_scope (CA), Abbout Production (QA)</td></tr><tr><td class="title2c">backing: </td><td><a href="en/backing/8082/">Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC)</a></td></tr><tr class="sky-blue"><td class="title2c">distributor: </td><td><a href="en/distributor/7616/">Haut et Court</a></td></tr> </table> </div> </div> </article> <section> <div class="related"> <h4>more about: Memory Box</h4><div class="list"> <div class="article clear-block news"><div class="box-foto-article"><a href="en/newsdetail/398334/"><img src="imgCache/2021/03/01/1614603403539_0210x0140_0x17x1001x667_1679266375240.jpg" width="210" height="140" alt="Review: Memory Box"></a></div><div class="box-text-article"><h2 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