Synopsis
دفاتر مايا
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.
The 2020–2022 Other Asia Window
Memory Box holds position #34 of 73 Other Asia films in the 2020–2022 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2020s Other Asia Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in Other Asia, 79 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Memory Box premiered alongside 18 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 18 other Other Asia films in 2021.
The 514th Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Audience Engagement
20 audience reviews — more than 60% of Other Asia films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 71th percentile among Other Asia films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Memory Box, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- lebanon · 2
- lebanon · 2
- quebec · 1
- lebanon war · 1
- suicide of father · 1
- painful memories · 1
- death of brother · 1
- beirut · 1
- mother daughter relationship · 17
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #241 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (56th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Drama productions specifically: #184 of 356 (top 52%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Canada, France, Lebanon, Qatar |
| Original Language | Arabic |
| Spoken Languages | French, Arabic, English |
| Production Companies | micro_scope, Abbout Productions, Ginger Beirut Production, Haut et Court |
| Runtime | 1h 40m |
| Release Date | December 3, 2021 |
| IMDb | tt7265490 |