Disengagement (2007)
Overview
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 4.696 |
Directed By
Amos Gitai
Crew
Amos Gitai
Amos Gitai
Christian Berger
Marie-Jose Sanselme
Simon Stockhausen
Laurent Truchot
Isabelle Ingold
Tilde Corsi
Christoph Friedel
Pierfrancesco Fiorenza
Eli Zioni
Roland Duboué
Patrick Sobelman
Moïra Douguet
Oded Ringel
Stéphane Thiébaut
Pascal Villard
Morgane Bernhard
Michel Kharat
Tim Pannen
Séverin Favriau
Ilan Moscovitch
Emmanuel de Chauvigny
Claudia Steffen
Cédric Gérard
Nikolas Javelle
TOP CAST
Juliette Binoche
Ana
Jeanne Moreau
Françoise
Barbara Hendricks
Barbara
Liron Levo
Uli
Hiam Abbass
Hiam
Dana Ivgy
Dana
Tomer Russo
Tomer
Israel Katorza
Israel
Yussuf Abu-Warda
Youssef
Roni Weissman
Yael Tidhar
Uri Klauzner
Uri
Amos Gitai
Dani
Verena Mundhenke
Mimi
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