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The Time That Remains

(Elia Suleiman, 2009, 35mm, 105 min) Elia Suleiman is one seriously funny man. With The Time that Remains, a semi-biographical film inspired by his father's diaries, Suleiman offers a darkly comedic narrative that unfolds over four historic episodes. The third part of a trilogy that includes Chronicle of a Disappearance and Divine Intervention, The Time That Remains was the key political film at last year's Cannes Film Festival. It's a beautiful, unique and deeply personal depiction of Palestine in the 60 years since 1948 as seen by Suleiman and his parents.

"It presents a half-century of tragedy and turmoil as a series of mordant comic vignettes. Imagine a heroic poem boiled down to a flurry of witty epigrams, or a martial statue made of origami, and you will have some idea of the improbable way this filmmaker folds big themes into delicate forms." A.O. Scott, NY Times