Lemon Tree

7.0(118)20081h 46m

Drama

Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territory. The Israeli defence minister and his wife move next door, forcing the Secret Service to order the trees' removal for security. The stoic Salma seeks assistance from the Palestinian Authority, Israeli army, and a young attorney, Ziad Daud, who takes the case. In this allegory, does David stand a chance against Goliath?

Director

Eran Riklis

Revenue

$7.2M

Where to watch

Free

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Cast

Hiam Abbass

Selma Zidane

Tarik Kopty

Abu Hussam

Ali Suliman

Ziad Daud

Doron Tavory

Defense Minister Israel Navon

Rona Lipaz-Michael

Mira Navon

Amos Lavi

Commander Jacob

Amnon Wolf

Leibowitz

Liron Baranes

Gilad

Smadar Jaaron

Tamar Gera

Danny Leshman

Private Itamar 'Quickie'

Ayelette Robinson

Shelly

Loai Nofi

Nasser Zidane

Reviews

1 review

badelf

4mo ago

7.0

Lemon Tree: The Fork in the Road We Didn't Take "Lemon Tree" must be understood in its 2008 context, when the Israeli-Palestinian conflict existed at a different temperature than today. Both sides were slightly more tentative, and the possibility of human connection across the divide felt less remote. Viewed now, the film plays as a fork in the road, a moment when empathy might have prevailed o...