Film
Memory Box (15)
Dir. Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige, France/Lebanon, 2021, 102 mins, subtitled. Cast. Manal Issa, Jade Charbonneau, Rim Turki.
A package of keepsakes from 1980s wartime Beirut arrives in contemporary Montreal. Teenager Alex covertly goes through her mother Maia’s box of journals, audio tapes and photographs, which reveal a difficult adolescence in the war-torn Lebanese capital – and a dark family secret. 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. The film explores how distance affects personal relationships, while providing a refreshingly female perspective on conflict and memory. An ode to hope and regeneration at a time when Beirut once again finds itself rebuilding after a tragedy.
Please note we are changing our programme on Thursday 24 March to host a fundraising screening in support of Ukraine at 6pm. The screening of Memory Box announced in the programme at 6pm on that day has been rescheduled to 8.30pm. For more information about the fundraising screening, click here.
RECLAIM THE FRAME
Reclaim The Frame commissioned an article on Memory Box, "Unearthing the Past and Connecting to the Present", by Elise Hassan (contains some plot points).
The mission of Reclaim the Frame is to re-tell the story of cinema by drawing ever greater audiences to films by women & non-binary creatives, re-claiming cinema as a truer reflection of the world we live in.
To learn more and join the #ReclaimTheFrame mission and receive free cinema tickets, discount codes and other film goodies go to www.birds-eye-view.co.uk
Reclaim The Frame is run by charity Birds’ Eye View, and backed by the BFI’s Audience Fund.
A package of keepsakes from 1980s wartime Beirut arrives in contemporary Montreal. Teenager Alex covertly goes through her mother Maia’s box of journals, audio tapes and photographs, which reveal a difficult adolescence in the war-torn Lebanese capital – and a dark family secret. 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. The film explores how distance affects personal relationships, while providing a refreshingly female perspective on conflict and memory. An ode to hope and regeneration at a time when Beirut once again finds itself rebuilding after a tragedy.
Please note we are changing our programme on Thursday 24 March to host a fundraising screening in support of Ukraine at 6pm. The screening of Memory Box announced in the programme at 6pm on that day has been rescheduled to 8.30pm. For more information about the fundraising screening, click here.
RECLAIM THE FRAME
Reclaim The Frame commissioned an article on Memory Box, "Unearthing the Past and Connecting to the Present", by Elise Hassan (contains some plot points).
The mission of Reclaim the Frame is to re-tell the story of cinema by drawing ever greater audiences to films by women & non-binary creatives, re-claiming cinema as a truer reflection of the world we live in.
To learn more and join the #ReclaimTheFrame mission and receive free cinema tickets, discount codes and other film goodies go to www.birds-eye-view.co.uk
Reclaim The Frame is run by charity Birds’ Eye View, and backed by the BFI’s Audience Fund.