A Tale of Love and Darkness (film)

A Tale of Love and Darkness
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNatalie Portman
Screenplay byNatalie Portman
Based onA Tale of Love and Darkness
by Amos Oz
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySławomir Idziak
Edited byAndrew Mondshein
Music byNicholas Britell
Production
companies
  • Voltage Pictures
  • Black Bicycle Entertainment
  • Ram Bergman Productions
  • MoviePlus Productions
Distributed by
Release dates
  • May 16, 2015 (2015-05-16) (Cannes)
  • September 3, 2015 (2015-09-03) (Israel)
  • August 19, 2016 (2016-08-19) (United States)
Running time
95 minutes
Countries
  • Israel
  • United States
Languages
  • Hebrew
  • English
  • Arabic
  • Russian
Box office
  • $572,212 (United States)[1]
  • ₪1,766,357 (Israel)[2]

A Tale of Love and Darkness (Hebrew: סיפור על אהבה וחושך, romanizedSipour al ahava va'khoshekh) is a 2015 drama film written and directed by Natalie Portman in her directorial feature debut. Based on the memoir of the same name by Israeli author Amos Oz, it takes place in Jerusalem in the last years of Mandatory Palestine and the first years of independent Israel. It stars Amir Tessler as Oz, and Gilad Kahana and Portman as his parents. It was screened at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival[3][4] and in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]

  1. ^ "A Tale of Love and Darkness (2016) - Box Office Mojo". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  2. ^ Avraham Carmeli, Hila Maimon (November 2016). "Cinema in Israel, Annual Activity Summary 2015" (in Hebrew). Center for Information and Cultural Studies. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 6, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "2015 Official Selection". Cannes. Archived from the original on April 18, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  4. ^ Jaafar, Ali; Tartaglione, Nancy (April 16, 2015). "Cannes Film Festival 2015 Lineup - Full List: Gus Van Sant's 'Sea Of Trees', Todd Haynes' 'Carol', Pixar's 'Inside Out'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  5. ^ Punter, Jennie (August 18, 2015). "Sandra Bullock's 'Our Brand Is Crisis,' Robert Redford's 'Truth' to Premiere at Toronto". Variety. Retrieved August 18, 2015.