The Time that Remains
Palestine
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2009
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Color
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109 min
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In the hours leading up to the surrender of Nazareth, as the State of Israel was being established in 1948, Fuad, a member of the Palestinian resistance, is separated from Thurayya, the love of his life. She flees the conflict and travels to Jordan with her family, while Fuad is captured before he can escape. Years pass and Nazareth remains under martial law. Fuad, like the rest of the population, is under the surveillance of the secret services. Arrested and accused of arms smuggling, he encounters Thurayya at the police station, where she has permission to visit her ailing father. Thurayya and Fuad exchange a few words and bid farewell, wishing each other the best. The Time that Remains incorporates the director's most personal memories of his own family and seeks to reflect the daily lives of Palestinians who remained, were called "Israeli Arabs," and lived as a minority in their own homeland.
Technical Details
Direction:
Elia Suleiman
Cinematography:
Marc-André Batigne
Music:
Yasmine Hamdan
Language:
Hebrew and Arabic
Production:
Michael Gentile, Elia Suleiman, Hani Farsi
Art Direction:
Sharif Waked
Sound:
Pierre Mertens, Christian Monheim
Subtitles:
English, French, and Spanish
Screenplay:
Elia Suleiman
Editing:
Véronique Lange
Cast:
Elia Suleiman (E.S), Saleh Bakri (Fuad), Samar Qudha Tanus (mother 1970-1980), Shafika Bajjali (mother today), Tarek Qubti (the neighbor), Zuhair Abu Hanna (E.S. as a child), Ayman Espanioli (E.S. as a teenager), Bilal Zidani (Jubran)
Director
Elia Suleiman
Elia Suleiman was born in Nazareth, Palestine, in 1960. In 1994, he began teaching at Birzeit University. Within this institution, which plays a significant role in Palestinian political dialogue, Suleiman established a Department of Film and Media, sponsored by the European Commission. His first film, Chronicle of a Disappearance, won the Award for Best First Feature at the Venice Film Festival in 1996. Six years later, he won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for Divine Intervention. His most recent work, The Time that Remains – which revisits one of the fundamental themes of his filmography: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – received the Grand Jury Prize at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, as well as the Best Director Award and the ACCA Jury Prize at the Mar del Plata Film Festival.
