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A Tale of Love and Darkness is a israelien film of genre Drama directed by Natalie Portman released in USA on 19 august 2016 with Natalie Portman

A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015)

A Tale of Love and Darkness
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Released in USA 19 august 2016
Length 1h38
Directed by
OriginIsrael
Genres Drama,    Historical
Rating59% 2.995862.995862.995862.995862.99586

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. 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.

Synopsis

L'histoire du film débute en 1945, l'année de la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, juste avant la Guerre israélo-arabe de 1948-1949. Une famille juive d'Europe migre vers la Palestine encore mandataire du Royaume-Uni afin d'éviter les persécutions. Le couple de Fania et d'Arieh Oz ne s'entend plus. Tandis qu'Arieh est plutôt confiant pour son avenir, Fania est traumatisée par la guerre et le fait d'avoir dû fuir son pays. Tous les deux ne restent ensemble que grâce à leur fils de 10 ans, Amos. Il découvre la poésie et la littérature selon un certain point de vue, expliqué par sa mère. Au fil du temps, constatant que la nouvelle vie dont elle rêvait ne voit pas le jour, Fania devient de plus en plus triste et finit même par se suicider, laissant à son fils une certaine vision de la littérature qui l'influencera dans ses écrits toute sa vie. L'histoire se termine en 1953, cinq ans après la proclamation de l'État d’Israël, quand Amos, maintenant âgé de 18 ans, s'en va habiter dans un kibboutz.

Actors

Natalie Portman

(Fania Oz)Makram J. Khoury

(Al Hilwani)Dina Doron
Ohad Knoller

(Israel Zarchi)
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