Free Zone
- IMDb link: 0441761
- IMDb rating: 5.7 (3,111 votes)
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Director: Natalie Portman, Amos Gitai
- Cast: Hiam Abbass, Hana Laslo, Carmen Maura and others
- Release date: 7 Apr 2006
- Release year: 2005
- Runtime: 90 minutes
- Country: Israel, Belgium, France, Spain
- Keywords: american, taxi, female protagonist, on the road, israeli jordanian border, auschwitz, 2000s, reference to yasser arafat, reference to ariel sharon, reference to adolf hitler
Plot:
Rebecca, a young American lady who has been living in Jerusalem for a while, suddenly breaks off her engagement with Julio, her Israeli fiance. In a state of emotional shock she gets into a taxi and asks the diver to take her anywhere she likes but away from the place where she broke up. Although reluctant, Hanna, the driver lets her accompany her to Jordan's Free Zone where she is to meet "The American", her husband Moshe's Palestinian business partner. Once there, they realize "The American" is not there but a Palestinian woman named Leila offers them, after much bickering with Hanna, to take them to the oasis where "The American" lives...