Maia, a single mother, lives in Montreal with her teenage daughter, Alex. On Christmas Eve, they receive an unexpected delivery:...
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.
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93 %29 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
"Edited with minute attentiveness, the film switches back and forth between time periods adroitly in a way that always moves the story forward..."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"The modern day wraparound story can’t help but feel obvious and less engaging compared to the authenticity and immediacy of Hadjitohmas’s own experiences in the 1980s."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"A warm, dense tale about women."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"A beautifully poignant intergenerational story that acts as a multimedia scrapbook of Beirut."
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Variety
Variety"Moving..."
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Little White Lies
Little White LiesMemory Box | Details
- Rating
- 15, infrequent strong bloody images
- Runtime
- 101
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- Canada, France, Lebanon, Qatar
