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A Tale of Love and Darkness (or Sipour al ahava va'khoshekh , ) is a 2015 Israeli-American drama film written and directed by Natalie Portman .1 Based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Israeli author Amos Oz , it takes place in Jerusalem in the last years of Mandatory Palestine and the first years of independent Israel, and stars Amir Tessler as Oz, and Gilad Kahana and Portman as his parents. It is Portman's directorial feature debut.2 It was screened at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival .
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A Tale of Love and Darkness is a 2015 drama film directed by Natalie Portman . It was screened at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival . It is Portman's directorial feature debut.
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2015 film A Tale of Love and Darkness ( ) is a 2015 drama film written and directed by Natalie Portman in her directorial feature debut . Based on the memoir of the same name by Israeli author Amos Oz , it takes place in Jerusalem in the last years of Mandatory Palestine and the first years of independent Israel. It stars Amir Tessler as Oz, and Gilad Kahana and Portman as his parents. It was screened at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival .
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2015 film A Tale of Love and Darkness ( pronounced [Sipour al ahava va'khoshekh] ) is a 2015 drama film written and directed by Natalie Portman in her directorial feature debut . Based on the memoir of the same name by Israeli author Amos Oz , it takes place in Jerusalem in the last years of Mandatory Palestine and the first years of independent Israel. It stars Amir Tessler as Oz, and Gilad Kahana and Portman as his parents. It was screened at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival .
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a 2015 drama film directed by natalie portman
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a 2015 drama film written and directed by natalie portman in her directorial feature debut
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