The Time That Remains ( El tiempo que queda ) ( Il tempo che ci rimane )

The Time That Remains (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: El tiempo que queda
Alternate Title: Il tempo che ci rimane
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Arabic ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )
Hebrew ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
105 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Elia Suleiman

Written By:
Elia Suleiman

Actors:
Ali Suliman ..... Eliza's Boyfriend
Elia Suleiman ..... ES
Saleh Bakri ..... Fuad
Avi Kleinberger ..... Government Official
Alex Bakri ..... Man Who Shoots Himself
Amer Hlehel ..... Anis
Nati Ravitz ..... IDF Commander
Lotuf Neusser ..... Abu Elias
Menashe Noy ..... Taxi Driver
Ehab Assal ..... Man With Cell Phone / Tank
Doraid Liddawi ..... Ramalla IDF officer
Leila Muammar ..... Thuraya
Nina Jarjoura ..... Rose
Yasmine Haj ..... Nadia
Lior Shemesh ..... Police Officer

Synopsis:

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. Inspired by the journals kept by Suleiman's father, the fist episode takes place in 1948, as the Arab resistance movement begins to crumble, though Faud Suleiman (Saleh Bakri) is determined to keep up the fight. By 1970, Faud has lost his idealism and believes Palestine is destined to live in Israel's shadow, while his son Elia (Zuhair Abu Hanna) is being punished for calling the United States colonialists before the teacher. A few years later, Elia (Ayman Espanioli) has a brush with more powerful authorities, who attempt to toss him out of Israel on a minor offense. Finally, Elia (Elia Suleiman) returns home to look after his elderly mother (Samar Qudha Tanus) and discovers how little has changed, as many of his old friends have been warming the same barstools since he left. The Time That Remains is Suleiman's third film about Israel's relationship with Palestinians, following Chronicle of a Disappearance and Divine Intervention.

The Time That Remains is a semi-autobiographical film, in four episodes, about a family, my family, from 1948 until recent times. The film is inspired by my father's private diaries, starting from when he was a resistance fighter in 1948, and by my mother's letters to family members who were forced to leave the country. Combined with my intimate memories of them and with them, the film attempts to portray the daily life of those Palestinians who remained and were labelled "Israeli-Arabs", living as a minority in their own homeland.

The semi-autobiographical story of a Palestinian family from the 1948 creation of Israel to the present day.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 25 November, 2010.

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