All That’s Left of You

Directed by Cherien Dabis
Germany
2025
145 mins

Synopsis

Cherien Dabis (Amreeka, SFF 2009) directs and stars in this deeply moving epic chronicling the loves, hopes, losses and traumas of a Palestinian family over seven decades. Sundance 2025.

In the occupied West Bank, 1988, the young man Noor joins a protest that’s met with devastating violence. Flashing forward several decades, we meet Noor’s mother Hanan (Dabis), who relates the story of her son – but in order to do so, she must first go back to 1948, in order to tell the story of his grandfather’s (Adam Bakri) expulsion from Jaffa. Over the decades that follow, the hope of a return to the home in Jaffa remains an aspiration of various members of the family, even as their lives take them further away from it. Through all the disappointments and devastation abides the love story between Hanan and her devoted husband Salim (Saleh Bakri).

“The film is inspired in part by my family,” Dabis has said. “My father is a Palestinian refugee who lived most of his life in exile.” Her personal experience imbues All That’s Left of You with heartbreaking emotion. It is a film that charts the history of a family that has experienced great tragedy, but also offers hope for the possibility of healing.

Limited seats are available for patrons requiring access for wheelchairs, low vision and hearing loop. Please contact our ticketing team directly on 1300 733 733 or tickets@sff.org.au to complete your booking.

Surprising, beautifully textured and deeply moving.
Adrian Horton, The Guardian

Tickets

Sun 8 June 2025, 8:40pm
State Theatre
WheelchairAssisted Listening
Wed 11 June 2025, 12pm
State Theatre
WheelchairAssisted Listening
Sun 15 June 2025, 3:30pm
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 1
WheelchairAssisted Listening
  • Program Strand
  • Original Title
    ALLLY BAQI MINK
  • Year
    2025
  • Classification
    Unclassified 15+
  • Country
    Germany, Cyprus, Palestine, Jordan, Greece, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
  • Language
    In Arabic and English with English subtitles
  • Director
    Cherien Dabis
  • Producer
    Thanassis Karathanos, Cherien Dabis, Martin Hampel, Karim Amer
  • Cast
    Saleh Bakri, Cherien Dabis, Adam Bakri
  • Screenwriter
    Cherien Dabis
  • Cinematographer
    Christopher Aoun
  • Editor
    Tina Baz
  • Genre
  • Premiere
    Australian Premiere
  • Company Credits
    World Sales: The Match Factory
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