Memory Box

Name: Memory Box
Genre: Drama
Released: August 5, 2022
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Benjamin Hatcher, Clémence Sabbagh, Hassan Akil, Jade Charbonneau, Joe Kodeih

2022

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Playtime | Release Date: August 5, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Benjamin Hatcher, Clémence Sabbagh, Hassan Akil, Jade Charbonneau, Joe Kodeih, Manal Issa, Nisrine Abi Samra, Paloma Vauthier, Rabih Mroue, Rim Turki

Summary: 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, AlexMaia, 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.… Expand

Director: Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 102 min

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Simran Hans

Jan 23, 2022

Hadjithomas and Joreige thoughtfully explore trauma while remaining joyful, animating Maia’s photos, which fizz, crackle and dance to life on screen. Read full review

Jay Weissberg

Jan 21, 2022

Through an ingenious blend of image and music, Memory Box opens channels that allow our own experience to empathetically blend with those of the characters in a mix of imagination and reality. Read full review

Deborah Young

Jan 21, 2022

Among other things, the film is an extremely dense fusion of elements that make up our sense of time and memories, including collages of hundreds of old photos, grainy super 8 footage, notebooks, songs and music, sound bites and newspaper articles. Read full review

Steph Green

Jan 21, 2022

Despite a prioritisation of visual effects over story, Memory Box makes a compelling case for chronicling the big and small parts of your life, if only to share with generations to come. Read full review

Devika Girish

Aug 4, 2022

The relationship between mother and daughter is rather thinly etched — there’s a little too much going on in this ambitious, intergenerational film — but Hadjithomas and Joreige deftly use Maia’s archive to weave together past and present. Read full review

Allan Hunter

Jan 21, 2022

As truths are shared, revelations uncovered and reunions achieved, Memory Box becomes a warming tale of truth and reconciliation. Read full review

Empire Sophie Monks Kaufman

Jan 21, 2022

The marriage of abstract existential themes, immersive, tactile images and dual timelines is always impressive but only occasionally moving. Read full review

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