A Tale of Love and Darkness
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Natalie Portman
Makram J. Khoury
Alexander Peleg
Rotem Keinan
Neta Riskin
Asia Neifeld
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Israeli writer Amos Oz reflects on his memories of growing up in Jerusalem in the years before Israeli statehood with his his academic father, Arieh, and his imaginative mother, Fania. They were one of many Jewish families who moved to Palestine from Europe during the 1930s and '40s to escape persecution. The terror of war is followed by the tedium of everyday life, which weighs heavily on Fania's spirit. To cheer herself and to entertain 10-year-old Amos, she makes up stories of adventure. Amos is enraptured as she explains words and language to him in a way that will influence his writing later in life. When independence doesn't bring with it the renewed sense of life that Fania has hoped for, she slips into solitude and sadness. Unable to help her, Amos must say good-bye before he is ready. As he witnesses the birth of a nation, he must come to terms with his own new beginning. Based on the memoir written by Amos Oz.
Director
Natalie Portman
Cast
Makram J. Khoury
Alexander Peleg
Rotem Keinan
Neta Riskin
Asia Neifeld
Zvi Salton
Salim Daw
Natalie Portman
Amir Tessler
Moni Moshonov
Gera Sandler
Shira Haas
Gilad Kahana
Yonatan Shiray
Dina Doron
Igal Reznik
Ahmed Saleh
Henry David
Ohad Knoller
Vladimir Friedman
Crew
Niv Adiri
Niv Adiri
Li Alembik
Sue Alexander
Nir Alon
Igal Arobas
Haim Asias
Ben Barker
Dillon Bennett
Liad Berger
Ram Bergman
Ziv Berkovich
Simon Birman
Lily Blazewicz
Raoul Yorke Bolognini
Dan Bora
Arnaud Borges
Linda Brenon
Nicholas Britell
Nicholas Britell
Nicholas Britell
Michael Brodersen
Nicolas Chartier
Avi Cohen
Rotem Cohen
John Daro
Avi Dasberg
Nadav Dasberg
Tamir David
Daniel Didi
Dina Doron
Damien Dufresne
Dror Elhadad
Timothy Fain
Miles Flanagan
Naomi Foner
Tyler Foster
Sasha Frankline
Danny Freemantle
Glenn Freemantle
Erick Geisler
Talia Goshen
Ron Haimov
Peter Hanson
Bashar Hasuneh
Nadav Hekselmann
John Houlihan
Julie Glaze Houlihan
Vincente Hughes
Slawomir Idziak
Slawomir Idziak
Larissa James
Boaz Katzenelson
Sarah Keturah
Pini Klavir
Christopher Knight
Gal Kotzki
Kristin Kumamoto
Albert Lasry
Amnon Livne
David Mandil
Roy Mano
Andrew Mondshein
Shachar Moshe
Timothy Moxey
Dan Muscarella
Guy Naaman
Itzik Nofar
Naomi Bar Or
Dima Osmolovski
Amos Oz
Jose Parra
Angelique Perez
Natalie Portman
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Guy Raz
Neta Riskin
Avihai Rohkin
David Rosenthal
Noa Roshovsky
Arad Sawat
Herve Schneid
Adam Scrivener
Evgeny Serov
Dan Sessoms
Lorenzo Sgroi
Alon Shapira
Allison Shearmur
Salim Shehade
Shir Shoshani
Joseph Slomka
Amiram Snir
Caitlin Sullivan
Jason Swanscott
Charles Trenet
Charles Trenet
Eli Turjeman
Pascal Vaguelsy
Michael Wickstrom
Pam Wong
Eric Wood
Amir Yhezkel
Hila Yuval
Eli Zion
Lee Zohar
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States August 19, 2016
Released in United States on Video March 28, 2017
Project is the feature directorial debut for Natalie Portman.
Released in United States August 19, 2016
Released in United States on Video March 28, 2017
Based on the memoir "A Tale of Love and Darkness" written by Amos Oz with translation from original Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange and published by Harcourt in November 2004.
