Maia receives a box containing the journals, tapes and photos that she had entrusted to her best friend when she left Lebanon. She refuses to open this Pandora’s box but her daughter Alex cannot resist the temptation. In doing so, she unveils a troubled adolescence spent in wartime Beirut.
Artist-filmmakers Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige bring memories of the past to life in this intricate coming-of-age drama. Inventive archival footage helps uncover the joy and trauma of adolescence in war-scarred ’80s Beirut, revealing a compassionate, intergenerational journey.
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