Directed by Elia Suleiman, 2009
Our final film in the series, The Time That Remains is a semiautobiographical satire that tells a story of a Palestinian family from 1948 to the early 2000s. Like its predecessor in Suleiman’s oeuvre, the film uses absurd humor to depict the daily triumphs and humiliations of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. More focused than the vignette-based narratives of Divine Intervention and Chronicle of a Disappearance, the film plays out in four episodes: Nazareth’s surrender to Israel in 1948; the death of pan-Arab leader Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1970; the fourth Land Day, an annual protest of Israeli land expropriation, in 1980; and a more fantastical sequence of events in the aftermath of the Second Intifada (2000-2005).
Though The Time that Remains is the third in Elia Suleiman’s celebrated “Palestine trilogy,” it’s a great standalone film – you don’t need to have seen the first two to enjoy this one!
Starring Elia Suleiman (It Must Be Heaven), Saleh Bakri (All That’s Left of You), and Leila Muammar (The Present). Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles.
This screening is free and open to the public.
Additional information for non-JHU attendees:
Gilman 50 (Marjorie M. Fisher Hall) is located on the lower level of Gilman Hall. The building has a circular layout; simply continue down the hall until you see a grey sign reading MARJORIE M. FISHER HALL protruding from a doorway.
Please do not arrive late; Gilman becomes keycard-access only at 6pm.