Promised Land (2004 film)

Promised Land (Hebrew הארץ המובטחת) is a 2004 French-Israeli film, directed by Amos Gitai and starring Rosamund Pike, Diana Bespechni, and Hanna Schygulla. It tells the story of a group of East European girls smuggled into Israel to serve as prostitutes.[1] The film is the first of Gitai's "Frontier" trilogy and premiered at the Venice Film Festival.[2]

Promised Land
Film poster
Hebrewהארץ המובטחת
Directed byAmos Gitaï
Produced byAmos Gitaï, Michael Tapuach
Written byAmos Gitai, Marie-Jose Sanselme
StarringRosamund Pike, Diana Bespechni, Hanna Schygulla
Music bySimon Stockhausen
CinematographyCaroline Champetier
Edited byYann Dedet, Isabelle Ingold
Production
company
Agav Hafekot Agav Productions, MP Productions
Release date
2004
Running time
88 min
CountryFrance/Israel
LanguageRussian, Hebrew, Arabic, English

Director Gitai commented on the film: "If I have succeeded in spoiling even one man's appetite, and causing him to stop going to prostitutes - then I feel I have succeeded in doing something."[3]

Synopsis

The film opens at night in the Sinai desert. Under the moonlight, a group of men and women warm themselves around a campfire. Women come from Eastern Europe expecting to work as prostitutes in nice hotels in Egypt, the men are Bedouins. Tomorrow they will suffer rape, humiliation and will be auctioned off by a by a Frenchwoman named Anne. They will pass from hand to hand, victims of a network of prostitution, eventually being smuggled into Israel to work in a Red Sea resort nightclub.[1][4]

One night, at the brothel, Diana meets an English woman called Rose. She begs her for help. Their meeting is a sign of hope in the plight of these women.[1][4]

Cast

Awards

References
  1. Felperin, Leslie (14 September 2004). "Promised Land". Variety. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  2. "Biography | The Films of Amos Gitai". www.amosgitai.com. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  3. Coussin, Orna (3 November 2004). "Stripping the Myths". Haaretz. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  4. "Promised Land | The Films of Amos Gitai". www.amosgitai.com. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  5. "Promised Land". www.gaiff.am. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
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