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A Tale of Love and Darkness

2015
1h 35m
Biography/Drama/History
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Cast

Natalie Portman (Fania)Gilad Kahana (Arieh)Amir Tessler (Amos)Moni Moshonov (Old Amos)Ohad Knoller (Israel Zarchi)Makram Khoury (Al Hilwani)Neta Riskin (Haya)Alexander Peleg (Old Amos)Rotem Keinan (Tsvi)Tomer Capone (The Pioneer)Yonatan Shiray (Teenage Amos)Vladimir Friedman (Mr. Licht)Henry David (Colonel Jan)Dina Doron (Grandma Klausner)Yitzhak Peker (Grandpa Klausner)Dima Ross (Pharmacist)Bar Sade (Sonia)Jana Fridman (Grandma Mussman)

Director

Natalie Portman

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Synopsis

The story of Amos Oz's youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. The film details the young man's relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a writer, while looking at what happens when the stories we tell become the stories we live.

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