Disengagement (film)

2007 French film

Disengagement

© 2007 Studio Canal

Directed by| Amos Gitai
Written by| Amos Gitai
Marie-Jose Sanselme
Produced by| Nicolas Blanc
Laurent Truchot
Pierfrancesco Fiorenza
Starring| Juliette Binoche
Jeanne Moreau
Dana Ivgy
Liron Levo
Cinematography| Christian Berger
Edited by| Isabelle Ingold
Distributed by| Studio Canal

Release date

* September 6, 2007 (2007-09-06) (Venice Film Festival)

Running time

| 115 minutes
Countries| France
Israel
Languages| English
French
Hebrew

Disengagement (Désengagement) is a film directed by Amos Gitai, starring Juliette Binoche, with Jeanne Moreau in a supporting role. The film is a French/Italian/Israeli co-production, and was shot in France, Germany and Israel. It is the third film of Gitai's "Border" or "Frontier" trilogy.

The singer Barbara Hendricks appears in the film in a small role, performing Gustav Mahler's Song of the Earth.

The film premiered at the 2007 Venice Film Festival in an out-of-competition slot, where it won the Roberto Rossellini Award.[1] The picture was then screened at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]

## Synopsis

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Following the death of her father, Ana (Binoche) and her adopted brother Uli (Liron Levo) meet in Avignon. It is stated in her father's will that Ana cannot receive her inheritance until she has found the child she abandoned as a teenager. This journey leads her to Gaza during the 2005 Israeli disengagement, a time fraught with danger and uncertainty.

## Cast

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* Juliette Binoche as Ana
* Liron Levo as Uli
* Jeanne Moreau as Françoise
* Barbara Hendricks as Barbara
* Dana Ivgy as Dana
* Hiam Abbass as Hiam
* Tomer Russo as Tomer
* Israel Katorza as Israel
* Yussuf Abu-Warda as Youssef
* Uri Klauzner as Uri
* Amos Gitai

## Critical reception

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The film received largely positive reviews from Variety[3] and Screen International.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Vivarelli, Nick (2007-08-17). "'Disengagement' set for Venice - Cannes Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
2. ^ Toronto fills calendar with global diversity Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ Scheib, Ronnie (6 September 2007). "Review: 'Disengagement'". Variety. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
4. ^ Dan Fainaru (6 September 2007). "Disengagement [review]". Screen Daily.

## External links

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* Amos Gitai Official Website - Production listing
* Disengagement at IMDb
* Film de Culte - Filming information Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
* news on Désengagement's Venice selection and set photo

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Films directed by Amos Gitai

* Esther (1986)
* Berlin-Jerusalem (1989)
* Golem, the Spirit of the Exile (1992)
* Metamorphosis of a Melody (1996)
* Kadosh (1999)
* Kippur (2000)
* Kedma (2002)
* 11′09″01 September 11 (segment "Israel"; 2002)
* Alila (2003)
* Promised Land (2004)
* Free Zone (2005)
* Disengagement (2007)
* To Each His Own Cinema (segment "The Dybbuk of Haifa"; 2007)
* Roses à crédit (2010)
* Lullaby to My Father (2012)
* Ana Arabia (2013)
* Words with Gods (segment "The Book of Amos"; 2014)
* Tsili (2014)
* Rabin, the Last Day (2015)
* Laila in Haifa (2020)

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