Free Zone

Free Zone

2005 · 90 min · EN · 5.7 (45 votes)
Dir. Amos Gitai · Starring Natalie Portman, Hana Laslo, Hiam Abbass, Carmen Maura, Makram J. Khoury, Aki Avni
Drama

Rebecca, 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, an Israeli. But Hanna is on her way to Jordan, to the Free Zone, to pick up a large of sum of money.

VIBE

A weary, intimate journey through a fractured landscape. The film feels lived-in, capturing the quiet desperation and strained connections between two women navigating personal and political borders. It's a slow, introspective drift towards an uncertain destination.

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