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The Time that Remains
Why this pick
Like Portman’s intimate remembrance, it filters Palestinian history through family memory and everyday detail, using restrained, poetic observation rather than overt melodrama.
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MOVIE2015 1h 35m ISR
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Amos reflects back on his early childhood in then Mandatory Palestine (now Israel) with his mother Fania (Natalie Portman) and father Arieh (Gilad Kahana). His parents are Eastern European Jews living in Jerusalem, which his mother finds difficult as her sisters and family live in Tel Aviv and communication between them is difficult. Amos, an only child, is particularly close with his mother, who frequently tells him stories based on her childhood that often have unhappy or violent endings.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Shira Haas
Kira
Neta Riskin
Haya
Amir Tessler
Amos
Moni Moshonov
Old Amos (voice)
Rotem Keinan
Tsvi
Tomer Capone
The Pioneer
Natalie Portman
Fania Oz
Makram Khoury
Halawani