Disengagement (film)
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Director Amos Gitai Initial DVD release October 14, 2008 (France) Duration | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Drama Film series Border Trilogy Country France
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Language English
French
Hebrew Release date September 6, 2007 (2007-09-06) (Venice Film Festival) Writer Amos Gitai, Marie-Jose Sanselme Cast Juliette Binoche (Ana), Jeanne Moreau (Françoise), Barbara Hendricks (Barbara), Liron Levo (Uli), Hiam Abbass (Hiam)Similar movies You Don't Mess With the Zohan , Munich , Paradise Now , Waltz with Bashir , Bil'in habibti , The Dark Knight Rises | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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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.
Synopsis
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.
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Critical reception
The film received largely positive reviews from Variety and Screen International.
References
Disengagement (film) WikipediaDisengagement (film) IMDb Disengagement (film) themoviedb.org