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  • Summary: Lemon Tree is Eran Riklis' engaging human drama of one woman's struggle to preserve her way of life in the midst of political turmoil. The wonderful Hiam Abbass is Salma, a Palestinian widow who earns her living tending to her late father's lemon grove. When an Israeli government minister moves next door and declares the grove a potential security threat, Salma struggles to defend her peaceful livelihood. Personal drama gives way to political controversies as Salma forms an unexpected bond with the minister's lonely wife, and takes her protest - with the help of her young lawyer - all the way to the Israeli Supreme Court. (IFC Films)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 14 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 16
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  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    90
    A wrenching, richly layered feminist allegory as well as a geopolitical one.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    88
    You know a performance has to be special when a Palestinian wins Israel's version of the Best Actress Oscar. But why should politics detract from a stunning performance?
  3. Empire
    Reviewed by: David Parkinson
    60
    A positive and personal look at the Israel/ Palestine divide through the quest of one woman to maintain her own property.

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