Memory box

Montreal. Christmas day. Maia receives a mysterious parcel. Notebooks, cassettes and photographs that she had sent to her best friend when she was a teenager, living in Beirut at the height of the civil war. As Maia refuses to confront the past, her daughter Alex explores it in secret...

Directed by: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige (France/Canada/Lebanon, 2019)
Cast: Rim Turki (Maia), Manal Issa (young Maia), Paloma Vauthier (Alex), Clémence Sabbagh (Téta), Hassan Akil (Raja)
Genre: drama
Awards: official selection (71st Berlinale)
Parental guidance: TV-PG