Lemon Tree

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Cast & Crew

Hiam Abbass
Salma Zidane

Doron Tavory
Defense Minister Israel Navon

Ali Suliman
Ziad Daud

Rona Lipaz-Michael
Mira Navon

Tarik Kopty
Abu Hassam

Amos Lavie
Commander Jacob

Amnon Wolf
Leibowitz

Smadar Jaaron
Tamar Gera

Danny Leshman
Private Itamar aka Quickie

Hili Yalon
Sigi Navon

Eran Riklis
Director

Suha Arraf
Writer

Eran Riklis
Writer

Leon Edery
Executive Producer

Moshe Edery
Executive Producer

Eran Riklis
Producer

David Silber
Executive Producer

Habib Shadah
Original Music

Rainer Klausmann
Cinematographer

Tova Asher
Film Editing

Yael Aviv
Casting

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Audience Reviews for Lemon Tree

• Jul 29, 2010

  A great movie that shows that the government can come in & take over your property whenever they want & theres NOTHING you can do about it.It can happen here, there or anywhere
  Brody M Super Reviewer
• Jun 25, 2010

  a drama which flows well and doesnt take sides. considering i saw this late at night and hardly ever finish a late night movie... well, this one kept me awake!
  Sanity Assassin ! Super Reviewer
• Oct 02, 2009

  A most infuriating film, pitting a Palestinian widow against the security forces of the Israeli defense minister whose family has moved in next door. Not only does the widow, Salma Zidane (Hiam Abbass), have to contend with Israeli bureaucracy and the Israeli justice system that is arrayed against her, but she must also defend her honor with her Palestinian neighbors, who do nothing to lift a finger to help her in her struggle. The bone of contention is the lemon grove which lies between the adjacent properties and is judged to be a potential haven for terrorists. That the grove is the legacy which Salma received from her father, has stood for over fifty years and provides her sole source of income, the wheels of justice slowly grind her down. She is aided in her fight by an idealistic young lawyer, Ziad Daud (Ali Suliman). The defense minister's wife, played by Romna Lipaz-Michael, is Salma's silent ally, but she, too, is powerless to offer any real aid. The cast is superb, and the script sparse, but together they clearly convey the frustration and futility experienced by the Palestinian people. The final scene leaves one feeling hollow. A terrific look from another perspective at the human tragedy of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
  

  Mark A Super Reviewer
• Jul 22, 2009

  A story of pride and principal. A Palestinian woman's lemons come into harms way when an Israeli politician moves in next door. It's almost like one of those stories where neighbors go mental at the size of each others trees. The only difference being, here there are far more complex and interesting political issues at hand. The film is a moving testament to those that cannot be bought. The parallel story of the wife of the politician, sympathetic to the cause of the Palestinian woman is also a nice companion story that adds to the main narrative. The film does tend to trip over itself when it comes to the politics. It is far too concerned with portraying any character, against the protagonist, in a villainous light. The defense minister comes off as callous and careless while his secret service just seem incompetently paranoid. All this is at the expense of a sweet love story blossoming between the woman and her newly appointed lawyer.
  Luke B Super Reviewer

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