In Directorial Debut “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” Natalie Portman Honors Jewish Heritage [MOVIE REVIEW]
Natalie Portman in “A Tale of Love and Darkness.” Courtesy of Voltage Pictures by Morgan Rojas/Cinemacy.com Natalie Portman is regarded as one of the most ambitious and hardest working people in Hollywood today. Opting to place her career on hold to attend Harvard University in 1999 (getting her degree in Psychology, she is a perfect example for actors everywhere that one shouldn’t rely on beauty, not even talent alone, to survive in show business. The new film “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” based on Israeli author Amos Oz’s bestselling memoir, further proves her abilities as a triple threat in a film that Portman not only stars in, but adapts and directs. Oh, and did I mention the film is in Hebrew with English subtitles? “A Tale of Love and Darkness” is told from the perspective of Amos as an elderly man, reminiscing about his childhood in the budding State of Israel in the 1940s and ’50s. Amos (Amir Tessler) is a 10-year-old Jewish boy, not yet mature enough to comprehend the politics of the Middle East. He meets a young Arab girl at a party and although they only speak a few words, they are enough for him to understand the conflict around him. His father Arieh (Gilad Kahana)…
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