Film
The Time That Remains
France · Belgium · Italy · United Kingdom- Age rating
- PG-13
- Director
- Elia Suleiman
- Year
- 2009
An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day. A semi-biographic film, in four chapters, about a family spanning from 1948 until recent times. 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.
Top cast
Saleh Bakri
Fuad
Elia Suleiman
E.S.
Samar Qudha Tanus
Mother (1970)
Shafika Bajjali
Mother (Now)
Zuhair Abu Hanna
E.S. (Child)
Ayman Espanioli
ES (Teenager)
Tarik Kopty
Neighbour
Amer Hlehel
Anis
Ali Suliman
Eliza's Boyfriend
Menashe Noy
Taxi Driver
Doraid Liddawi
Ramalla IDF officer
Nati Ravitz
IDF Commander
Avi Kleinberger
Government Official
Alex Bakri
Poet shot
Mira Awad
Woman shot
Mahmoud Shawahdeh
ES School Teacher
Izabel Ramadan
Aunt Olga
Lutuf Nouasser
Abu Elias
Directed by
Elia Suleiman
Written by
Elia Suleiman
Produced by
Michaël Gentile, Elia Suleiman
