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The Time That Remains is a humorous, heartbreaking film composed of elegantly stylized autobiographical episodes from the life of writer/director Elia Suleiman. The film explores life among the Israeli Arab community, and is shot largely in homes and places in which Suleiman's family once lived. Inspired by his father's diaries, letters his mother sent to family members who had fled the Israeli occupation, and the director's own recollections, the film spans from 1948 until the present, recounting the saga of the filmmaker's family in subtly hilarious vignettes. Inserting himself as a s 
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The Time That Remains: Chronicle of a Present Absentee
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The Time That Remains is a humorous, heartbreaking film composed of elegantly stylized autobiographical episodes from the life of writer/director Elia Suleiman. The film explores life among the Israeli Arab community, and is shot largely in homes and places in which Suleiman's family once lived. Inspired by his father's diaries, letters his mother sent to family members who had fled the Israeli occupation, and the director's own recollections, the film spans from 1948 until the present, recounting the saga of the filmmaker's family in subtly hilarious vignettes. Inserting himself as a s 
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Director: Elia Suleiman
Writer: Elia Suleiman
Studio: IFC Films
Cast: Elia Suleiman, Saleh Bakri, Samar Qudha Tanus
Release: January 7, 2011
Writer: Elia Suleiman
Studio: IFC Films
Cast: Elia Suleiman, Saleh Bakri, Samar Qudha Tanus
Release: January 7, 2011
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