Rebecca, an American who has been living in Jerusalem for a few months now, has just broken off her engagement. She gets into a cab driven by Hanna, an Israeli. But Hanna is on her way to Jordan, to the Free Zone, to pick up a large sum of money.
Acting
Natalie Portman's raw, unglamorous meltdown in the opening.
Cinematography
Endless desert highways that swallow the frame whole.
Director
Amos Gitai
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The entire film was shot in sequence in just 18 days, with much of the dialogue improvised during long actual drives between locations.
Gitai filmed in the actual 'Free Zone'—a real tax-exempt trade area between Israel and Jordan that became a symbol of failed economic peace.
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