All That's Left of You depicts Palestinian family displacement and fragile hope

Movieweb's Julian Roman, a longtime critic, writes that All That's Left of You tells the powerfully moving story of a Palestinian family across three generations in the occupied West Bank, beginning with a forced relocation that triggers decades of crushing oppression.

Written and directed by Cherien Dabis, who also portrays an aged Hanan, the film uses flashbacks to 1948, 1978 and 1988 to follow Sharif, Munira, Salim and Noor as displacement, beatings, imprisonment and starvation reshape their lives. Roman says the film pulls no punches in depicting terror and the aftermath of displacement, presents Palestinian suffering under what he describes as an apartheid regime of ID checks, roadblocks and brutal security raids, and gives little space to an Israeli perspective.

Roman highlights a remarkable final act that he says pivots toward generosity and finding common ground, while noting Dabis' singular lens may lead some audiences to view the film as biased. The film is in Arabic with English subtitles, credits Dabis, Adam Bakri and Saleh Bakri as writers, lists a runtime of 115 minutes and is produced by Pallas Film, Twenty Twenty Vision and AMP Filmworks.

It will have a limited theatrical release on January 9th from Watermelon Pictures; a release date of January 25, 2025 is also listed in the provided material.

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Culture, Cherien Dabis, West Bank, Sundance Institute, Pallas Film, Watermelon Pictures