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Free Zone is a israelien film of genre Drama directed by Amos Gitaï released in USA on 7 april 2006 with Natalie Portman
Free Zone (2005)
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Add to a movie listFree Zone is a 2005 film directed by Amos Gitai. Shot in Israel and Jordan, the Israeli-Belgian-French-Spanish production stars Israeli Jewish actress Hanna Laslo, Palestinian Arab actress Hiam Abbass, and Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman.
It is the second film of Gitai's Border Trilogy.
The film made its debut at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2005. It was released in Israel on June 9, 2005, and then appeared at numerous other film festivals throughout the rest of the year, having a limited release on December 16, 2005 in the United States.
Synopsis
Rebecca est une Américaine qui vit à Jérusalem depuis quelques mois et qui vient de rompre avec son fiancé. Elle monte dans le taxi d'Hanna, une Israélienne. Mais celle-ci doit aller en Jordanie, dans la zone démilitarisée (en anglais, « free zone »), récupérer une grosse somme d'argent que leur doit l'Américain, l'associé de son mari. Rebecca la convainc de l'emmener avec elle. Quand elles arrivent dans la zone, Leila, une Palestinienne leur explique que l'Américain n'est pas là et que l'argent a disparu…Actors
Natalie Portman
(Rebecca)
Hiam Abbass
(Leila)
Hana Laszlo
(Hanna Ben Moshe)
Carmen Maura
(Mrs. Breitberg)
Makram J. Khoury
(Samir aka "The American")
Aki Avni
(Julio)
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