Lemon Tree (Etz Limon)
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- Synopsis
- Widow and empty nester Salma Zidane lives on the Palestinian West Bank, in a little house flanked by lemon trees planted by her great grand parents. Unfortunately, when the Israeli minister of defense builds a house adjacent to her own, her lemon ......
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- Starring
- Hiam Abbass, Ali Suliman, Rona Lipaz-Michael, Doron Tavory, Tarik Copty
- Director(s)
- Eran Riklis
- Distributor(s)
- IFC
- MPAA Rating
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 106 min.
Critic Reviews
A wrenching, richly layered feminist allegory as well as a geopolitical one.Read the full review
The rare ability to make intelligent, entertaining cinema from hot-button current issues is beautifully illustrated by Lemon Tree.Read the full review
Referencing the popular song, the movie's title reminds us that "the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat." That, in a rind, is Riklis's deeply frustrated view of his country's stalemate, but you can only take a metaphor so far before it falters in the face of endless geopolitical complexity.Read the full review
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