The Time That Remains
Released
August 12, 2009
Runtime: 1h 49m
An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day. A semi-biographic film, in four chapters, about a family spanning from 1948 until recent times. Combined with intimate memories of each member, the film attempts to portray the daily life of those Palestinians who remained in their land and were labelled "Israeli-Arabs," living as a minority in their own homeland.
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Cast & Crew
Saleh Bakri
Fuad
Elia Suleiman
E.S.
- ST
Samar Qudha Tanus
Mother (1970)
- SB
Shafika Bajjali
Mother (Now)
- ZH
Zuhair Abu Hanna
E.S. (Child)
- AE
Ayman Espanioli
ES (Teenager)
Tarik Kopty
Neighbour
Amer Hlehel
Anis
Ali Suliman
Eliza's Boyfriend
Menashe Noy
Taxi Driver
Doraid Liddawi
Ramalla IDF officer
Nati Ravitz
IDF Commander
- AK
Avi Kleinberger
Government Official
- AB
Alex Bakri
Poet shot
Mira Awad
Woman shot
Mahmoud Shawahdeh
ES School Teacher
- IR
Izabel Ramadan
Aunt Olga
- LN
Lutuf Nouasser
Abu Elias
Elia Suleiman
Director
Elia Suleiman
Writer
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