DCP

A Tale of Love and Darkness

Natalie Portman

Based on Amos Oz’s international best seller, Natalie Portman’s feature debut as a writer and director recounts the time Oz spent with his mother, Fania (played by Portman), who struggles with raising her son in Jerusalem at the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel.

DIRECTOR
Natalie Portman
COUNTRY
Israel / USA
RUNTIME
98 minutes
FORMAT
DCP

New York Premiere

Based on Amos Oz’s international best-seller, A Tale of Love and Darkness recounts the time Oz spent with his mother, Fania (Natalie Portman), who struggles with raising her son in Jerusalem at the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. Dealing with a married life of unfulfilled promises and integration in a foreign land, Fania battles her inner demons and longs for a better world for her son.

A Tale of Love and Darkness
A Tale of Love and Darkness
A Tale of Love and Darkness
A Tale of Love and Darkness

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