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Description: 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)

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Production Company Heimatfilm, MACT Productions, Eran Riklis Productions, Riva Filmproduktion, Arte France Cinéma, ZDF/Arte, Metro Communications, United King Films, Citrus Film Investors, Canal+, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Israeli Film Fund, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Lemon Tree, Ministry of Education and Sport
Release Date Apr 17, 2009
Duration 1 h 46 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline An analogy on the Gaza strip wall.
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