A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015)

May 16, 2015 (Cannes)
September 3, 2015 (Israel)
August 19, 2016 (United States)

A Tale of Love and Darkness (or Sipour al ahava va'khoshekh, Hebrew: סיפור על אהבה וחושך‎) is a 2015 Israeli-American drama film written and directed by Natalie Portman. 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. It was screened at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.