A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS Trailer Witness the new A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS trailer! The film, written and directed by Natalie Portman, stars Portman, Makram Khoury, and Shira Haas. A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS will be released in theaters on a date TBD. A drama based on the memoir of Amos Oz, a writer, journalist, and advocate of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.