Free Zone ( Home: News from House ) ( News from Home/News from House )

Free Zone (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Home: News from House
Alternate Title: News from Home/News from House
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Arabic ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
Hebrew ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
75 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2005 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
France ( France, Benelux )
Israel ( Africa, Middle East )
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Amos Gitai

Written By:
Amos Gitai
Marie-Jose Sanselme

Actors:
Natalie Portman ..... Rebecca
Hana Laszlo ..... Hanna Ben Moshe (as Hanna Laszlo)
Hiam Abbass ..... Leila
Carmen Maura ..... Mrs. Breitberg
Makram Khoury ..... '
Aki Avni ..... Julio
Uri Klauzner ..... Moshe Ben Moshe
Liron Levo ..... Border Security
Tomer Russo ..... Border Security
Adnan Tarabshi ..... Petrol Station Owner
Shredi Jabarin ..... Walid (as Shredy Gabarin)
Kobi Lieber ..... Radio Narrator (voice)
Claire Cesari ..... Herself
Amos Gitai ..... Himself

Synopsis:

In the audacious 10-minute opening sequence of the Israeli director Amos Gitai's "Free Zone," the camera scrutinizes the face of Natalie Portman, who is weeping quietly in the back of a car parked just outside the Western Wall in Jerusalem. On the soundtrack, a singer chants a Passover song "Had Gadia," whose allegorical lyrics describe how a lamb purchased for two pennies is eaten by a cat that is choked by a dog that is beaten by a stick that is burnt by a fire that is doused by water. The director uses that song as a bitter metaphorical evocation of Middle Eastern strife. It is considerably more resonant than much of what follows in this deliberately murky film about the crossing of borders and the blurring of national identities. The film's three main characters, all women, are an American (Ms. Portman), an Israeli (Hanna Laslo) and a Palestinian (Hiam Abbass) whose lives intersect. The best hope for a constructive dialogue in the Middle East, the movie suggests, may lie in the ability of women from every faction to ignore political and ideological differences and communicate in the "free zone" of their common humanity.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 24 February, 2020.

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