A Tale of Love and Darkness (film)
| A Tale of Love and Darkness | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Natalie Portman |
| Produced by |
Ram Bergman David Mandil Natalie Portman |
| Screenplay by | Natalie Portman |
| Based on |
A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz |
| Starring | Natalie Portman |
| Music by | Nicholas Britell |
| Cinematography | Sławomir Idziak |
| Edited by |
Andrew Mondshein Hervé Schneid |
| Distributed by | Focus World |
Release dates |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Language | Hebrew |
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, taking place at Jerusalem in the last years of Mandatory Palestine and the first years of independent Israel. It was screened at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[1][2] It is Portman's directorial feature debut. It was selected to be screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]
Cast
- Natalie Portman as Fania Oz
- Makram Khoury as Halawani
- Shira Haas
- Neta Riskin
- Gilad Kahana
- Asia Naifeld
Production
According to Portman she optioned the rights to the book over tea while visiting with Oz and his wife. It took her eight years to write the script and find funding during which time she insisted that the adaptation remain in Hebrew.[4]
It is the first film in which Portman speaks Hebrew. In order to play the role of Amos Oz's mother, an immigrant from East Europe, Portman took considerable efforts to remove all traces of an American accent from her Hebrew.
References
- ↑ "2015 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Cannes Film Festival 2015 Lineup". Deadline. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
- ↑ "Sandra Bullock’s ‘Our Brand Is Crisis,’ Robert Redford’s ‘Truth’ to Premiere at Toronto". Variety. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
- ↑ Galloway, Stephen. "Natalie Portman Sounds Off on Israel, Netanyahu, French Anti-Semitism and the "False Idol" of Oscar". Retrieved May 7, 2015.