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FREE ZONE

Rebecca (Natalie Portman), an American who has been living in Jerusalem for a few months now, has just broken off her engagement. She gets into a cab driven by Hanna (Hanna Laslo), an Israeli. But Hanna is on her way to Jordan, to the Free Zone, to pick up a large sum of money that "the American", her husband's partner, owes them. Rebecca persuades Hanna to take her along. When they reach the Free Zone, Leila (Hiam Abbass), a Palestinian, explains that the American isn't there and that the money has vanished....

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Produced by : Nicolas Blanc
Company : AGAT FILMS & CIE
Coproduced by : AGAV FILMS, AGAT FILMS & CIE, AGAV HAFAKOT HAMMON HAFAKOT, ARTEMIS PRODUCTION, CINEART, SCOPE INVEST, GOLEM, ARTE FRANCE CINÉMA
Partners : YISRAEL RESET CHANNEL, YES SATELLITE, UNITED KING FILMS, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE JORDAN ROYAL FILM COMMISSION ISRAELI FILM FUND, CNC, THE TAX-SHELTER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF BELGIUM, CARAT BELGIUM ENVICONTROL, CANAL +, TPS STAR

Main cast : Natalie Portman, Hanna Laslo, Hiam Abbass
Secondary cast : Carmen Maura, Makram Khoury, Aki Avni, Uri Klauzner, Liron Levo, Tomer Russo, Adnan Tarabshi, Shredy Gabarin

Genre : Fiction
Duration : 1h30
Year of production : 2005
Available Versions : VF / VO STF, VA / VO STA
Theatrical release date : 09/11/2005

Distributor : Bac Films

International sales : Bac Films

Awards :
Festival de Cannes: Prix d'interprétation féminine pour Hanna Laslo.

Festival selections :
Festival de Cannes, 2005. Toronto International film festival, Toronto, 2005. Festival international du cinéma, Montpellier, 2005. Festival international du nouveau cinéma et des nouveaux médias, Montréal, 2005. Festival international du film, La Rochelle, 2005.