Free Zone

Theatrical Release Date: 2006 04 07 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 717119100643

Studio: New Yorker Video

Summary: A Jewish-American woman still reeling from her breakup with her Spanish-Israeli fianc?e hits the road with a middle-aged Israeli woman, who is looking to collect the 30,000-dollar debt owed to her by her husband's former business partner, and a Palestinian woman, who claims to know the elusive moneyman's whereabouts, in this road-trip drama from Kippur director Amos Gitai. In her efforts to escape the painful memory of her breakup with former fianc?e Julio (Aki Avni), Rebecca (Natalie Portman) agrees to accompany Hanna (Hanna Laslo) on her arduous journey through Israel to the Free Zone -- a tax- and customs-free region where those from countries at war with one another amiably buy and sell cars -- in hopes of collecting a large debt owed to her by her ailing husband's business partner known only as "The American." When Hanna and Rebecca finally arrive in the Free Zone only to discover that Hanna's contact and money have mysteriously gone missing, a Palestinian woman named Leila (Hiam Abbass) agrees to lead the skeptical Hanna to both "The American" and Hanna's rightly due cash. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best Actress – Cannes Film Festival Film Presented – Bangkok International Film Festival

Features: Audio interview: director Amos Gitai on The Leonard Lopate Show
Theatrical trailer
Scene selections
Optional English subtitles
Enhanced for 16x9 TVs
5.1 Dolby Digital audio

Free Zone

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 05/29/2007

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Alternate Wide Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 90 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Free Zone
1. The Lamb [10:01]
2. The Foolish Passenger [6:23]
3. Dead Fish [2:50]
4. I'm Leaving You [5:06]
5. Good Coffee [3:36]
6. I'll Get Help [4:14]
7. Mrs. Breitberg [2:34]
8. Moshe's Wife's Voice [1:25]
9. I Don't Belong Anywhere [9:14]
10. Something More Romantic [2:20]
11. He Isn't Here [4:13]
12. Take Me to Him [2:47]
13. Things Would Change [4:12]
14. The Problem Here [6:52]
15. Everyone Wants to Survive [4:18]
16. You're the American [6:26]
17. You Are a Mother [2:12]
18. Remaining Alert [4:42]
19. What Money [1:30]
20. I Don't Have It [5:24]

Cast and Crew: Amos Gitai  Director 
Amos Gitai  Screenwriter 
Laurent Truchot  Producer 
Marie-Jose Sanselme  Screenwriter 
Nicolas Blanc  Producer 
Michael Tapuach  Producer 
Natalie Portman  Actor 
Hanna Laslo  Actor 
Hiam Abbass  Actor 
Carmen Maura  Actor 
Makram Khoury  Actor 
Aki Avni  Actor 
Uri Ran Klauzner  Actor 
Liron Levo  Actor 
Tomer Ruso  Actor 
Adnan Tarabshi  Actor 
Shredy Gabarin  Actor 

Country: Belgium,France,Spain,Israel