Disengagement (film)

Disengagement
© 2007 Studio Canal
Directed byAmos Gitai
Written byAmos Gitai
Marie-Jose Sanselme
Produced byNicolas Blanc
Laurent Truchot
Pierfrancesco Fiorenza
StarringJuliette Binoche
Jeanne Moreau
Dana Ivgy
Liron Levo
CinematographyChristian Berger
Edited byIsabelle Ingold
Distributed byStudio Canal
Release date
  • September 6, 2007 (2007-09-06) (Venice Film Festival)
Running time
115 minutes
CountriesFrance
Israel
LanguagesEnglish
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. The picture was then screened at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.