Writer-Director Cherien Dabis Discusses Intergenerational Trauma and the Importance of ‘All That’s Left of You’ – Interview
Writer-director Cherien Dabis crafted an exceptional film with All That’s Left of You. The multi-generational story spans decades, beginning with the 1948 Nakba and following a family and the continued violence and displacement that has caused intergenerational trauma.
In addition to writing and directing the film, Dabis also acts in it, portraying Hanan. As a mother to children growing up surrounded by many horrors and wife to Salim (Saleh Bakri), who keeps his trauma mostly buried, Hanan is...
