All That’s Left of You
This epic-scale drama explores decades of Palestinian history through the story of a single family.
In All That’s Left of You, Cherien Dabis delivers a standout and moving generational epic that spans 75 years of Palestinian history. Both intimate and political, the film traces the lives of three generations of a family marked by displacement and the relentless pressure of the Zionist occupation. The film is structured around a series of moral and existential choices, the gravity of which is shown with striking clarity. Dabis masterfully balances the familiar and the historical, drawing attention to how the personal resolutions echo the broader Palestinian struggle.
All That’s Left of You is a powerful act of cinematic witnessing, weaving together past and present, memory and rupture, through richly composed cinematography and emotionally resonant performances. The result is not just a story of loss and humiliation, but a vivid testament to intergenerational resilience, the enduring will to survive amidst a violent occupation, and the dignity of those forced to endure what should never be forgotten.
Diego Ginartes Rodríguez
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