Disengagement
Toronto International Film Festival
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1h 52m
Directed by Amos Gitai • Drama • 2007 • Israel, France • English, Hebrew, French, Arabic with English subtitles
Starring Juliette Binoche, Liron Levo, Jeanne Moreau
Ana (Juliette Binoche) is reunited with her estranged Israeli stepbrother Uli when he travels to France for the death of their father. She decides to return to Israel to search for the daughter she gave up at birth some 20 years ago. Crossing frontiers by car, train and boat, Ana and Uli end up in the turmoil and emotion of the military-enforced disengagement of Israeli settlers from Gaza in 2005.
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