The Time That Remains

The Time That Remains
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Directed by	Elia Suleiman
Written by	Elia Suleiman
Produced by	Hani Farsi Michael Gentile
Starring	Elia Suleiman Saleh Bakri Leila Mouammar Bilal Zidani Samar Qudha Tanus
Cinematography	Marc-André Batigne
Edited by	Véronique Lange
Music by	Matthieu Sibony
Distributed by	Le Pacte
Release date	12 August 2009 (2009-08-12)
Running time	109 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom Italy Belgium France
Languages	Hebrew Arabic English

The Time That Remains is a 2009 semi-biographical drama film written and directed by Palestinian director Elia Suleiman. The film stars Ali Suliman, Elia Suleiman, Saleh Bakri and Samar Qudha Tanus. It gives an account of Palestinian life under Israeli occupation. Suleiman participated in the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, as his new film competed in the official selection category. The Time That Remains was also screened at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. In November 2009, the film won the Jury Grand Prize (with About Elly) at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. The film won the Critics Prize of the Argentinian Film Critics Association at Mar del Plata International Film Festival.

Plot

The Time That Remains (2009) is a semi-biographical film that follows Palestinian life from 1948 to the present day through the story of director Elia Suleiman's family. The plot is divided into four episodes that depict the filmmaker's father, Fouad Suleiman, as a resistance fighter in 1948, the struggles of his family under Israeli military rule in the 1960s, and finally, Elia's own experiences as an adolescent and adult. The film uses a comedic and surreal style to portray the daily life, absurdities, and humiliations of Palestinians living as a minority in their own homeland.

Cast

• Ali Suliman - Eliza's boyfriend
• Saleh Bakri - Fuad
• Maisa Abd Elhadi - Woman in West Bank taxi
• Zidane Awad - The Student
• Elia Suleiman - ES
• Menashe Noy - Taxi driver
• Izabel Ramadan - Olga
• Yasmine Haj - Nadia
• Leila Muammar - Thuraya

Reception

Critical response

Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 86% approval rating, based on 49 reviews, with an average rating of 7/10. On Metacritic, the film has a score of 74/100 based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

External links

• The Time That Remains at IMDb
• The Time That Remains at Sundance selects (archived)
• The Time That Remains at Box Office Mojo
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• The Time That Remains at Metacritic
• The Time That Remains at Twitter
• The Time That Remains at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Time That Remains on Indiewire
• Overview of The Time That Remains at The New York Times website
• Elia Suleiman's The Time That Remains