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At Trianon Cinemaالزمن الباقي
The Time That Remains
2009
|Dark comedy, Drama
|109'
by Elia Suleiman إيليا سليمان
[United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, France]
Followed by a Q&A with Elia Suleiman.
Part of the retrospective 'Elia Suleiman: A World in Silence' 'إيليا سليمان: عالم من الصمت'.
Greek and English subtitles
Synopsis
The final installment in a trilogy that includes Chronicle of a Disappearance and Divine Intervention, Elia Suleiman’s The Time That Remains is a semi-biographical film in four chapters that chronicles Palestinian life from 1948 to the present day. Inspired by his father’s diaries, letters his mother sent to exiled family members, and the director’s own recollections, the film portrays the daily life of that group of Palestinians who remained in their land and were labelled “Israeli-Arabs,” living as a minority in their own homeland. A powerful lens on the absurdity of occupation, blending humor, rage, and resilience.
Official Poster
Biography
Elia Suleiman إيليا سليمان was born in Nazareth in 1960 and lived in New York from 1981 to 1993, where he made his first short films. His first feature, Chronicle of a Disappearance, won the Best First Film prize at Venice in 1996; Divine Intervention won the Jury Prize and the FIPRESCI prize at Cannes in 2002, the first Palestinian film in the official competition. His films are marked by a deliberate, almost lyrical use of silence, while absurd and often dark humour runs throughout his work. As he himself has said, "A lot of the characters are movements within the frame, and I prefer the choreography, I prefer the musicality that comes from their appearances etc." His style often compared to Tati and Keaton.
Director's photo
