A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS is based on Amos Oz’s book of the same name. It is heartfelt rendering of his memories growing up in Jerusalem before the establishment of the State of Israel, and it’s a story of a family with hopes and dreams living through the terror of war. Amos Oz, one of Israel’s greatest writers, witnessed the birth of a nation as he came to terms with his own new beginning.

Natalie Portman makes her directorial debut with this film and also portrays Oz’s mother.