Free Zone (movie)
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| Directed by | Amos Gitai |
| Produced by |
Nicolas Blanc Michael Tapuah Laurent Truchot |
| Written by |
Amos Gitai Marie-Jose Sanselme |
| Starring |
Natalie Portman Hiam Abbass Hanna Laslo |
| Cinematography | Laurent Brunet |
| Distributed by | Bac Films |
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Release date
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June 9, 2005 |
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Running time
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93 minutes |
| Country | Israel |
| Language | English Hebrew |
| Budget | $1,234,567 [1] |
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 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.
Rebecca (Natalie Portman) is a Jewish-American girl who has lived in Jerusalem for several months. She has just broken off her engagement. One day, she enters a cab, driven by a Jewish woman, Hanna (Hanna Laslo). Hanna's destination is the Free Zone at the Jordan border to collect money owed to her husband, recently wounded in a Palestinian rocket attack. Upon reaching the Free Zone, they meet up with Laila (Hiam Abbass), a Palestinian woman who serves as the contact for Hanna's husband's black market activities. The three women set off on a tense journey to retrieve Hanna's money.
The film is bookended by a rendition of the traditional Passover song "Had Gadya", performed by Chava Alberstein. The song "Ain Ani" by Shotei Hanevua also plays in the taxi at the end of the film.
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