Natalie Portman is currently in Israel working on a film
adaption of an autobiographical novel by Israeli author Amos Oz.
The Jerusalem-born Oscar winner will direct and star in
"A Tale of Love and Darkness," which is to be filmed in Hebrew in
Jerusalem. This will be her feature film directorial debut.
Portman, who is staying at a Tel Aviv hotel, is currently
writing the screenplay and ironing out production details, with filming
scheduled to begin in January.
"A Tale of Love and Darkness" is based on Oz’s
autobiographical novel of the same name, which takes place in Jerusalem in the
second half of the 1940s. The story focuses on the author’s childhood, his
mother’s mental illness and his father’s helplessness on the backdrop of the
period's historic events.
Portman is expected to play the role of the author’s mother,
and will act in Hebrew.
In July, the Jerusalem Film and Television Fund announced
that it had allocated NIS 1.6 million toward funding the film – the highest
amount it has ever pledged for a single movie. The American-Israeli venture is
being produced by Ram Bergman, Alli shearmur and David Mandil.
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