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Overview

User Rating:
6.0/10   1,435 votes
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Director:
Amos Gitai
Writers:
Amos Gitai (writer)
Marie-Jose Sanselme (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
7 April 2006 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Plot:
Two women embark on a road trip after they are brought together by circumstance. Rebecca (Portman) flees her hotel after a fight with her mother-in-law (Maura) and hails a taxi driven by Hanna (Lazlo). full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
Should E! Be a Speidi-Free Zone? You Make the Call
 (From E! Online. 17 June 2009, 12:55 PM, PDT)

True Blood: Who's the Killer?
 (From TVGuide.com - Breaking News. 31 October 2008, 5:15 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Great Acting, Awful Screenplay more

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Natalie Portman ... Rebecca
Hana Laszlo ... Hanna Ben Moshe (as Hanna Laszlo)
Hiam Abbass ... Leila
Carmen Maura ... Mrs. Breitberg

Makram Khoury ... Samir aka "The American"

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)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Free Zone (France)
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Runtime:
90 min
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR | Stereo
Certification:
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Brazil:12 | Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
Free Zone, Jordan more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
First Israeli movie shot in Jordan. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When the vehicle is just approaching the border crossing near the end of the film (1:23:00 on the DVD) we can see the silhouette of someone wearing a baseball cap moving about in the back of the vehicle. more
Quotes:
Hanna: Then Moshé says to me : You know what Hanna ? The only thing, it is sure in Israel it is the Intifada and the war more
Soundtrack:
Had Gadia more

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Great Acting, Awful Screenplay, 2 April 2008
6/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The confused American Rebecca (Natalie Portman) has left USA to live in Jordan. After breaking her engagement with her Israeli boyfriend, she asks the Israeli taxi driver Hanna (Hana Lazlo) to take her anywhere but the place where she is. Hanna tells her that she needs to go Jordan's Free Zone, a place surrounded by Syria, Iraq and South Arabia, to receive US$ 30,000.00 that the Palestinian partner of her husband called "The American" owes to him. When they arrive in the location, they do not find the "The American" but a Palestinian woman called Leila (Hiam Abbass). Hanna forces Leila to take her to meet "The American" in his Oasis, but when they arrive there, she is informed that his son has burnt the place, stolen the money and crossed the border.

"Free Zone" is a movie with great acting leaded by the adorable Natalie Portman, Hana Lazlo and Hiam Abbass. The road trip through the locations in Jordan and the soundtrack are other attractions. However, the screenplay is simply awful. Following the "Dogma 95" style, with a free handy cam, no lighting, many improvisation etc., the director and writer Amos Gitai makes a confused and inconclusive story with one of the worst opening scene I have ever seen, with Natalie Portman crying without explanation and a boring song for almost ten minutes. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Free Zone"

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