A story of love and darkness (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | A story of love and darkness |
| Original title | סיפור על אהבה וחושך / Sipur al ahava ve choshech |
| Country of production | Israel |
| original language | Hebrew |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Natalie Portman |
| script | Natalie Portman |
| production |
Ram Bergman , David Mandil |
| music | Nicholas Britell |
| camera | Sławomir Idziak |
| cut |
Andrew Mondshein , Hervé Schneid |
| occupation | |
| |
A story of love and darkness ( Hebrew סיפור על אהבה וחושך Sipur al ahava ve choshech ) is an Israeli film directed by Natalie Portman from the year 2015 . The film is based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Amos Oz . It was shown for the first time on May 16, 2015 at the Cannes International Film Festival . The German theatrical release was on November 3, 2016.
The film is the debut feature film directing of Natalie Portman, who also wrote the screenplay and plays the lead role.
action
The film tells the youth of Amos Oz at the time of the end of the British mandate in Palestine and the first years of the State of Israel. The focus of the film is Amos' relationship with his mother.
production
Staff and cast
It is Natalie Portman's debut feature film , who also wrote the script adaptation of the novel and played a leading role in the film.
In addition to Portman, who played the role of mother Fania Klausner geb. Mussman took over, Amir Tessler plays her son Amos, who is played as a teenager by Yonatan Shiray . Gilad Kahana can be seen in the role of father Arieh Klausner. Makram Khoury took on the role of Halawani and Shira Haas that of the young Fania Mussman.
Filming and funding
The shooting took place in the original locations of the film, for example in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem , including near the Mahane Yehuda Market and in courtyards and squares on Agrippas Street in the old town of the Israeli capital. It is the birthplace of Amos Oz , the author of the autobiographical novel; he grew up there too. Like Oz, Portman was born in Jerusalem, but she moved to the United States with her parents when she was three years old. A scene was at the Jordan turned more pictures were taken in the Kibbutzen Beit Nir at Lakhish and Hulda in the lowland .
Portman received around $ 450,000 from the Jerusalem Urban Development Agency to have the film shot in the capital of Israel.
Film music
The score was composed by Nicholas Britell . For the piece Women's Dance , which is an interpretation of a piece from the opera Aleko by Sergei Rachmaninoff , Britell worked with Tim Fain and for the songs Main Theme in F # or Poème In F # and Emunah V'omanut with Re'ut Ben-Ze ' ev together. In La Mer is one of the most famous songs of Charles Trenet , the previously widely used as film music was. Portman sings the sleep and folk song Cossack Lullaby himself. The soundtrack for the film was released on January 29, 2016 by Milan Records and comprises 16 songs.
Title list of the soundtrack
- Opening Music
- Women's Dance (from Aleko by Sergei Rachmaninoff )
- La Mer ( Charles Trenet )
- Swing sequence
- The Monk's Tale
- Main Theme In F # / Poeme In F #
- The Soldier's Tale
- Was footage
- Post-War Jerusalem
- Arieh Goes Out
- Amos lake Arieh
- Pioneer On The Mountain
- Cossack Lullaby
- Emunah V'Omanut
- Death Of Death: Gavotte
- Toccata
publication
The film premiered on May 16, 2015 at the Cannes International Film Festival . As of September 10, 2015, it was presented at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival . The German theatrical release was on November 3, 2016.
reception
Age rating
In Germany, the film is FSK 12. The statement of reasons for release states: “The film depicts the family conflicts and the son's concern for the traumatized mother in a sensitive and melancholy atmosphere. Symbolic memory scenes of violence and suffering as well as archive recordings of the Israeli War of Independence can irritate and disturb children under the age of 12 due to their emotional intensity. "
Reviews
The film has so far won over 67 percent of Rotten Tomatoes ' critics .
Carmen Eller of Zeit Online thinks that Portman succumbs to the temptation with her directorial debut to retell literature instead of rethinking it with the means of film, and wants too much, but dares too little: “Perhaps out of awe of the author's literary achievement , Perhaps out of consideration for private misfortune, Portman clings too closely to your submission. Instead of developing her own visual language, in the first half of the film the director simply strings together scenes with family and friends. Later she assembles documentary material into the film, but without being able to condense contemporary history atmospherically. "
Web links
- A Tale of Love and Darkness in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for A Tale of Love and Darkness . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 159315 / K).
- ^ Tobias Kniebe: Film Festival in Cannes. The political is always there. In: sueddeutsche.de . May 19, 2015, accessed December 29, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Carmen Eller: 'A story of love and darkness': Natalie meant well. In: zeit.de . November 3, 2016, accessed December 29, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Jessica Steinberg: Portman, crew shoot Oz in Jerusalem. In: timesofisrael.com. February 10, 2014, accessed December 29, 2018 .
- ↑ A Tale Of Love And Darkness. In: moviebuff.com. October 13, 2016, accessed December 29, 2018 .
- ↑ A Tale Of Love And Darkness - original music by Nicholas Brittell. In: milanrecords.com. August 19, 2016, accessed December 29, 2018 .
- ↑ A Tale of Love and Darkness. In: Cannes Film Festival website . May 24, 2015, accessed December 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Natalie Portman at the 'A Tale of Love and Darkness' premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. (No longer available online.) In: vogue.de. September 11, 2015, archived from the original on October 1, 2015 ; accessed on December 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Release statement for A Story of Love and Darkness . In: spio-fsk.de. Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry, accessed on December 29, 2018 .
- ↑ A Tale of Love and Darkness. In: RottenTomatoes.com. August 18, 2016, accessed December 29, 2018 .