The Time That Remains

The Time That Remains (2009)

  • 84% of critics liked it
    (43 reviews)

  • 68% of users liked it
    (7,452 ratings)

An intimate semi-biographical portrait of Palestinians living as a minority in their own homeland between 1948 and the present day, from the acclaimed director of DIVINE INTERVENTION. --- (C) IFC

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Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Elia Suleiman
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 7, 2011 Limited
IFC Films

Critic Reviews

  • Peter Howell, Toronto Star

    Suleiman takes the approach of gentle observer, neither condoning nor confronting -- not violently, at least. Start with humor and perhaps empathy will follow.

  • Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

    Living in a part of the world where politics, and the pursuit of politics by warring means, are the rule, director Elia Suleiman is the exception.

  • Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle

    Despite its abundance of deadpan and absurdist humor, "The Time That Remains," a look at the Arab-Israeli conflict from a Palestinian perspective, was clearly made with a sorrowful heart.

  • Adam Markovitz, Entertainment Weekly

    Suleiman's obvious gift for cinema makes you wish that in connecting so personally with his past, he'd occasionally reach out to the audience, too.

  • Anthony Lane, New Yorker

    To keep a steady gaze, the film suggests, is not just a virtue but a form of orderly protest, when your world is breaking apart.

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  • Bruce B


    I have seen a lot of film festival movies in past 4 years, but this one I just didn't grasp the point of the story. Set in Israel and the film writeup says a of a fanilys triumps and tragedies. This is not what I saw. I saw a modern day israel and a changing theme throughout the… More

  • Walter M


    "The Time That Remains" starts with Menashe(Menashe Noy) picking up a passenger in his cab from the airport in Tel Aviv. Soon, an intense storm strands them, leaving the cab driver in a place that he does not recognize which is to be expected in a country where so many of… More

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