Promised Land (2004)
Directed by Amos Gitai

Drama / Thriller

Film Synopsis

One moonlit night in the Sinai desert, a group of men and women warm themselves around a camp fire.  The women are from Eastern Europe, the men are Bedouins.  The next day, they will cross the border and the women will be sold into slavery, the victims of an international white slavery ring...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Amos Gitai
  • Script: Amos Gitai, Marie-Jose Sanselme
  • Cinematographer: Caroline Champetier
  • Music: Simon Stockhausen
  • Cast: Rosamund Pike (Rose), Diana Bespechni (Diana), Hanna Schygulla (Hanna), Anne Parillaud (Anne), Alla An (Alla), Kristina Likhnyski (Kristina), Katya Drabkin (Katya), Yussuf Abu-Warda (Yussuf), Amos Lavi (Hezi), Shalva Ben-Moshe (Igor), Craig Bachins (Greg), Meital Peretz (Meital), Menachem Lang (Menahem), Ran Kauchinsky (Rani), Peeter Polluveer (Peeter), Yelena Maunchenko (Yelena), Sacha Zov (Sacha), Kadri Kõusaar, Ingrid Bakho, Olga Shapira
  • Country: Israel / France
  • Language: Arabic / Hebrew / Russian / English / German
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 88 min

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