Free Zone (2005)

Directed by

Amos Gitai

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Israel, France, Belgium, Spain

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 57 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American woman travels to the Middle East and gets involved with an Israeli taxi driver and a Palestinian woman. The three of them navigate personal and political tensions in a border zone.

contemplativeunderstatedthoughtfulgroundedmelancholiccalmhuman-focusedquiet

What happens

Free 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 actress Hiam Abbass, and Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman. It is the second film of Gitai's "Border" or "Frontier" 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, with a limited release on December 16, 2005, in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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