by Elia Suleiman
Selected in the Official Competition of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival
Selected in the Official Selection of the 2009 Toronto Film Festival
| Date of release | 12 août 2009 (France) – 11 septembre 2009 (Belgique) |
| Length | 1h45 |
| Genre | Chronique familiale |
| Director | Elia Suleiman |
| Writer | Elia Suleiman |
| Cast | Elia Suleiman, Bilal Zidani, Saleh Bakri, Leila Mouammar, Yasmine Haj, Amer Hlehel, Nina Jarjoura, George Khleifi. |
| Producer | Michael Gentile |
| Co-producer | Nazira Films, Corniche Pictures, France 3 cinéma, Artemis (Belgique), Bim (Italie) |
SYNOPSIS
THE TIME THAT REMAINS is a semi-biographical film, in four episodes, about a family, my family, from 1948 until recent times. The film is inspired by my father’s private diaries, starting from when he was a resistance fighter in 1948, and by my mother’s letters to family members who were forced to leave the country since that time. Combined with my intimate memories of them and with them, the film attempts to portray the daily life of those Palestinians who remained and were labeled “Israeli-Arabs”, living as a minority in their own homeland.
TECHNICAL SPECS
| Director of photography | Marc-André Batigne |
| Line producer | Jacques Royer |
| Line producer Palestine | Avi Kleinberger |
| Location production manager | Wajdy Odeh |
| 1st assistant director | Jérôme BorensteinAvichai Henig |
| 2nd assistant director | Robyn GlaserKeira Byk |
| Sound engineer | Pierre MertensChristian Monheim |
| Costume designer | Judy Shrewsbury |
| Art director | Sharif Waked |
| Make-up artist | Sigalit Grau |