A political drama centered around Israel's pullout from the occupied Gaza strip, in which a French woman of Israeli origin comes to the Gaza Strip to find her long ago abandoned daughter.
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Cast
| Juliette Binoche | ... |
Ana
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| Liron Levo | ... |
Uli
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| Jeanne Moreau | ... |
Françoise
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| Barbara Hendricks | ... |
Barbara
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| Hiam Abbass | ... |
Hiam
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| Dana Ivgy | ... |
Dana
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| Tomer Russo | ... |
Tomer
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| Israel Katorza | ... |
Israel
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| Amos Gitai | ... |
Dani
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| Uri Klauzner | ... |
Uri
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| Yussuf Abu-Warda | ... |
Youssef
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| Roni Weissman | ... |
Yael Tidhar
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| Luca Zamperoni |
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| Verena Mundhenke | ... |
Mimi
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Rachela Nisanov |
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Kemal Asani |
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Meir Shimoni |
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Vered Rozenblat |
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Directed by
| Amos Gitai | ||
Written by
| Amos Gitai | ... | () |
| Marie-Jose Sanselme | ... | () |
Produced by
| Tilde Corsi | ... | co-producer |
| Pierfrancesco Fiorenza | ... | co-producer |
| Christoph Friedel | ... | co-producer |
| Gadi Levy | ... | line producer |
| Richard Lormand | ... | associate producer |
| Patrick Sobelman | ... | co-producer |
| Claudia Steffen | ... | co-producer |
| Laurent Truchot | ... | producer |
Music by
| Simon Stockhausen | ||
Cinematography by
| Christian Berger | ||
Editing by
| Isabelle Ingold | ||
Casting By
| Ilan Moscovitch | ||
Production Design by
| Emmanuel de Chauvigny | ||
| Tim Pannen | ||
| Eli Zioni | ... | (as Eli Zion) |
Costume Design by
| Moïra Douguet | ||
Makeup Department
| Morgane Bernhard | ... | key hair stylist |
| Cédric Gérard | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
| Harold Benhaim | ... | assistant unit manager |
| Fabrice Chevrollier | ... | production manager: France |
| Viola Fügen | ... | post-production supervisor |
| Isabelle Gattiker | ... | production manager |
| Christian Heinz | ... | unit manager: Germany |
| Pierre Huot | ... | post-production supervisor |
| Elke Sasserath | ... | production manager germany |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Denis Gerault | ... | first assistant director: France, Germany |
| Corinne Le Hong | ... | second assistant director |
| Shir Shoshani | ... | second assistant director |
Art Department
| Willy Margery | ... | props assistant |
| Tim Pannen | ... | production design: Germany |
| Hervé Simon | ... | property master |
Sound Department
| Roland Duboué | ... | dialogue editor |
| Séverin Favriau | ... | sound editor |
| John Iranzo | ... | boom operator |
| Nikolas Javelle | ... | sound editor |
| Micki Joanni | ... | synchron editor |
| Michel Kharat | ... | sound |
| Oded Ringel | ... | sound editor |
| Stéphane Thiébaut | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Pascal Villard | ... | sound designer / sound editor |
Visual Effects by
| Thomas Menz | ... | title animator: CinePostproduction GmbH |
| Phillipp Sauermann | ... | digital artist |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Gerald Helf | ... | first assistant camera |
| Kimber Lee Jerrett | ... | gaffer |
| Christian Kitscha | ... | camera focus: "b" camera / second assistant camera |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Moïra Douguet | ... | wardrobe designer |
Location Management
| Rose Bouchetit | ... | location manager: France |
Script and Continuity Department
| Sari Azoulay Turgeman | ... | script supervisor (as Sari Turgeman) |
Additional Crew
| Julie Aguttes | ... | second assistant director: France |
| Sari Azoulay Turgeman | ... | script (as Sari Turgeman) |
| Isabelle Gattiker | ... | production coordinator |
| Lina Martins | ... | assistant: Juliette Binoche |
| Aurélia Morali | ... | production assistant: France |
| Arend Wiesweg | ... | caterer |
Thanks
| Dominique Besnehard | ... | thanks |
| Maxime Delauney | ... | thanks |
Production Companies
- Agat Films & Cie
- Agav Films
- Agav Hafakot
- Arte France Cinéma
- Canal+ (avec le participation de)
- Coca Color (co-production)
- Eurimages
- Pandora Filmproduktion
- R&C Produzioni
Distributors
- AudioVisual (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Frenetic Films (2009) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- IFC Films (2009) (United States) (theatrical)
- Pandora Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (theatrical)
- Ad Vitam Distribution (2008) (France)
- Alive Vertrieb und Marketing (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
- Cinéart (2008) (Belgium)
- I.V.C. (2011) (Japan) (DVD)
- SPI International (2010) (Hungary)
- StudioCanal (2008) (France) (DVD)
- StudioCanal (2008) (World-wide) (International Sales agent)
- Universal Pictures (2010) (Australia) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Visual Icon (exclusive clip and still licensing)
Storyline
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A story in two parts and two places. In 2005 in Avignon, a man has died; at his house his body lies in state attended by a soprano and by his daughter Ana, who is in the process of leaving her husband. His adopted son Uli, an Israeli police officer, arrives for the funeral. With Uli, Ana is playful, even foolish, and she attempts to forge a new will of her father's. The family attorney brushes aside her forgery and produces a true will that upsets Ana and sends her, with Uli, to Israel where she must visit a settlement scheduled for destruction in the Gaza disengagement. What are the wellsprings of emotion, and what of an embrace?
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Liron Levo replaced Itay Tiran and Lior Ashkenazi. See more » |