Disengagement (film)
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| Directed by | Amos Gitai |
| Produced by | Nicolas Blanc Laurent Truchot Pierfrancesco Fiorenza |
| Written by | Amos Gitai Marie-Jose Sanselme |
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Juliette Binoche Jeanne Moreau Dana Ivgy Liron Levo |
| Cinematography | Christian Berger |
| Edited by | Isabelle Ingold |
| Distributed by | Studio Canal |
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115 minutes |
| Country | France Israel |
| Language | English French Hebrew |
Disengagement (Désengagement) is a film directed by Amos Gitai, starring Juliette Binoche, with Jeanne Moreau in a supporting role. The film is a French/Italian/Israeli co-production, and was shot in France, Germany and Israel. It is the third film of Gitai's Border Trilogy.
The film premiered at the 2007 Venice Film Festival in an out-of-competition slot. Following this the picture played at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.
Following the death of her father, Ana (Binoche) and her adopted brother Uli (Liron Levo) meet in Avignon. It is stated in her father's will that Ana can't receive her inheritance until she has found the child she abandoned as a teenager. This journey leads her to Gaza during the 2005 Israeli disengagement, a time fraught with danger and uncertainty.
The film received largely positive reviews from Variety and Screen International.
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