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English. The Time That Remains is a 2009 semi-biographical drama film written and directed by Palestinian director Elia Suleiman. The film stars Ali Suliman, Elia Suleiman, Saleh Bakri and Samar Qudha Tanus. It gives an account of the creation of the Israeli state from 1948 to the present.
Boris Vian once defined humor as une politesse du désespoir (“the politeness of despair”). In The Time That Remains, Suleiman’s distilled and matured wit suddenly becomes just that. And the effect is quite powerful. Which is not to say that sentimentality colors the film. Suleiman still handles emotion cautiously and tentatively, and the ...
Summaries. An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day. Synopsis. "THE TIME THAT REMAINS is a semi-biographical film, in four episodes, about a family, my family, from 1948 until recent times.
Jan 7, 2011 · Synopsis by Mark Deming. Actor, screenwriter, and director Elia Suleiman presents a handful of autobiographical short stories that offer a witty but thoughtful perspective on the place of Palestinians in Israel (and his own role in the nation) in this comedy drama.
May 23, 2009 · The Time That Remains — Film Review. Seven years after "Divine Intervention," director Elia Suleiman returns with more humorous-sad stories from his native Palestine, couched in the ironic ...
Combined with intimate memories of each member, the film attempts to portray the daily life of those Palestinians who remained in their land and were labelled “Israeli-Arabs,” living as a minority in their own homeland. Remove Ads. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
May 22, 2009 · The movie flashes back to 1948, as a ragtag Palestinian Liberation Army resists in vain the much better equipped Israeli forces. His father fights back, but is brutally beaten and left for dead.
