Désengagement (2008)
Directed by Amos Gitai

Drama
aka: Disengagement

Film Synopsis

At Avignon in the summer of 2005, Ana meets up with Uli, her Israeli half-brother.  Having learned of the death of her father, Ana makes the decision to return to Israel, a country she has not seen for twenty years, to look for the daughter that she left behind.  She is accompanied by Uli, who joins a special police unit that is charged with overseeing the evacuation of the Gaza strip.  Ana's daughter is one of the evacuees...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Amos Gitai
  • Script: Amos Gitai, Marie-Jose Sanselme
  • Cinematographer: Christian Berger
  • Music: Simon Stockhausen
  • Cast: Juliette Binoche, Liron Levo (Uli), Jeanne Moreau, Dana Ivgy (Dana), Hiam Abbass (Hiam), Barbara Hendricks, Israel Katorza, Uri Klauzner, Tomer Russo
  • Country: Germany / Italy / Israel / France
  • Language: Hebrew / English / French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 115 min
  • Aka: Disengagement

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