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FREE ZONE

Amos Gitai IL/B/F/E 2005

Produktion/Production Company Agav & Agat Produzenten/Producers Nicolas Blanc, Laurent Truchot Regie/Director Amos Gitai Drehbuch/Script Amos Gitai, Marie-José Sanselme Kamera/DoP Laurent Brunet Ton/Sound Michel Kharat, Alex Claude Schnitt/Editor Isabelle Ingold, Yann Dedet DarstellerInnen/Cast Natalie Portman (Rebecca), Hanna Laslo (Hanna), Hiam Abbass (Leila), Uri Klauzner (Moshe)

Spielfilm, Farbe, 35mm, 90 Minuten, engl./hebr./arab. OF, engl. UT
Feature Film, colour, 35mm, 90 min., English, Hebrew and Arab OV,
English subtitles

Free Zone erzählt die Geschichte dreier Frauen: einer Amerikanerin, einer Israelin und einer Palästinenserin. Ihre Lebenswege kreuzen sich eines Tages in der „Free Zone“ zwischen Syrien, Jordanien und Israel.

Rebecca, an American who has been living in Jerusalem for a few
months, has just broken off her engagement. Totally in despair she gets
into a cab driven by Hanna who is on her way to Jordan, to the Free
Zone. Rebecca persuades Hanna to take her along. Amos Gitai on the
theme of the border: „There are borders which are very rigid, very dangerous, with a lot of hatred. The barriers which divide the Middle East
are both physical and mental. I see the film as offering a bridge which
makes it possible to cross these borders without seeing the hatred, the
wariness, although it does allow you to see that there are divisions within
the societies, and not only between the societies. A bridge that would
show that in the Middle East, you have to make use of little scraps of
cooperation, and not necessarily concentrate on big ideas. Instead, we
have to cling to the little daily events which bring people together.“
Israeli actress Hanna Laslo won Best Actress award at the Cannes Film
Festival 2005.

Eröffnungsfilm 2005 / Opening film 2005
Am 3.11. in Anwesenheit von Regisseur Amos Gitai.
Nur mit Einladung.
On Nov 3rd in attendance of director Amos Gitai. With invitation only.

Do 03.11. 19:30 Urania Eröffnung
Di 08.11. 21:30 Votiv 1