Disengagement

Ana and her Israeli half-brother Uli reconnect during their father’s funeral in Avignon. She decides to go to Israel with him to find the daughter she abandoned 20 years earlier. Together they cross borders and find themselves in the midst of the Israeli disengagement from Gaza…

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“At times reminiscent of Musil’s The Man Without Qualities, Amos Gitai composes a series of scenes in movements… The director reconnects with the poetic and aesthetic experimentation of his earliest fiction films such as Berlin Jerusalem and Golem, The Spirit of Exile. This approach allows him to link an acute and unique crisis (the eviction of the illegal settlers from Gaza) with a broad reflection about great contemporary tragedies, misery and oppression, forced migrations, the collapse of community identity, and the most intimate questioning of the sense of filiation and sharing.”

Jean-Michel Frodon, Amos Gitai: 5 films, CulturesFrance, 2010

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Cast Juliette Binoche, Liron Levo, Jeanne Moreau, Barbara Hendricks, Dana Ivgy, Hiam Abbass, Tomer Russo, Israel Katorza, Yussuf Abu Warda, Uri Klauzner, Amos Gitai

Screenplay Amos Gitai, Marie-José Sanselme Cinematography Christian Berger Sound Michel Kharat, Oded Ringel, Stéphane Thibaut Music Simon Stockhausen Editing Isabelle Ingold Production design Eli Zion, Manu de Chauvigny, Tim Panen Costumes Moïra Douguet Casting Ilan Moskovitch

Production Agat Films & Cie, Agav Films, Agav Hafakot, Arte France Cinéma, Canal+ with the participation of Coca Color Coproduction Eurimages Council of Europe, Pandora Filmproduktion, R&C Produzioni Producer Laurent Truchot Coproducers Tilde Corsi, Pierfrancesco Fiorenza, Christoph Friedel, Patrick Sobelman, Claudia Steffen Line producer Gadi Levy Associate producer Richard Lormand

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FESTIVALS

• Venice: Biennale di Venezia/Mostra d’arte cinematografica 2007 – Out of competition

• Toronto International Film Festival 2007 – Section « Masters »