What is Free Zone / Disengagement about?

Double Feature: FREE ZONE, 2005, New Yorker Films, 90 min. Dir. Amos Gitai. Rebecca (Natalie Portman) is an American living in Jerusalem, and has just made a clean break from her fiancé. She steps into a cab, driven by Israeli Hanna (Hanna Laslo), but instead of being driven to her expected destination, Rebecca is taken by the determined cabbie to the Free Zone in Jordan, where Hanna has been instructed to pick up a large sum of money. The film was nominated for the Golden Palm at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. New Print! DISENGAGEMENT, 2007, IFC Films, 115 min. Dir. Amos Gitai. When Ana (Juliette Binoche) is reunited with her Israeli step-brother Uli (Liron Levo) in France for their father's funeral, the two decide to travel to Israel and find the daughter Ana gave up 20 years prior. With French New Wave legend Jeanne Moreau. Discussion between films with director Amos Gitai. Free to American Cinematheque Members!

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What is Free Zone / Disengagement about?: Double Feature: FREE ZONE, 2005, New Yorker Films, 90 min. Dir. Amos Gitai. Rebecca (Natalie Portman) is an American living in Jerusalem, and has just made a clean break from her fiancé. She steps into a cab, driven by Israeli Hanna (Hanna Laslo), but instead of being driven to her expected destination, Rebecca is taken by the determined cabbie to the Free Zone in Jordan, where Hanna has been instructed to pick up a large sum of money. The film was nominated for the Golden Palm at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.

New Print! DISENGAGEMENT, 2007, IFC Films, 115 min. Dir. Amos Gitai. When Ana (Juliette Binoche) is reunited with her Israeli step-brother Uli (Liron Levo) in France for their father's funeral, the two decide to travel to Israel and find the daughter Ana gave up 20 years prior. With French New Wave legend Jeanne Moreau. Discussion between films with director Amos Gitai. Free to American Cinematheque Members!