A Tale of Love and Darkness (film)
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| Directed by | Natalie Portman |
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Ram Bergman David Mandil |
| Screenplay by | Natalie Portman |
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A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz |
| Starring | Natalie Portman Amir Tessler Gilad Kahana |
| Music by | Nicholas Britell |
| Cinematography | Sławomir Idziak |
| Edited by | Andrew Mondshein |
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| Distributed by | Focus World |
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95 minutes |
| Country | Israel |
| Language | Hebrew Arabic English Polish |
| Box office | $572,212 |
A Tale of Love and Darkness is a 2015 drama film directed by Natalie Portman, based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Israeli author Amos Oz. It takes place in Jerusalem in the last years of Mandatory Palestine and the first years of independent Israel, and stars Amir Tessler as Oz, and Gilad Kahana and Portman as his parents. It is Portman's directorial feature debut. It was screened at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
Amos reflects back on his early childhood in Mandatory Palestine 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.
Amos' parents regularly lend him out to a childless couple they are friends with. On one occasion this couple take him to visit a friend of theirs, a Palestinian Arab. They warn Amos to be quiet and not make much fuss lest he offend their hosts, but while playing with a swing he accidentally injures a child.
On November 29, 1947, Amos' family and others from the neighbourhood gather around a radio in the street to hear the passing of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181, which adopted a plan to partition Mandatory Palestine into independent Arab and Jewish states. Amos' parents are overwhelmed with joy. Soon afterwards, civil war erupts in Palestine. Amos' father enlists to fight in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, while Amos and other children are recruited to the war effort. One of his mother's friends is killed while hanging up laundry during the war.
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