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  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 46 m

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 potentia...

Directed By: Eran Riklis

Written By: Suha Arraf, Eran Riklis

  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 46 m

Lemon Tree

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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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 potentia...

Directed By: Eran Riklis

Written By: Suha Arraf, Eran Riklis

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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88% Positive
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13% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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88% Positive
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13% Mixed
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A wrenching, richly layered feminist allegory as well as a geopolitical one.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
80
The rare ability to make intelligent, entertaining cinema from hot-button current issues is beautifully illustrated by Lemon Tree.
By Derek Elley FULL REVIEW
75
The sensuousness of Lemon Tree is its glory.
By Michael Sragow FULL REVIEW
75
Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis' Lemon Tree is a lively deadpan comedy which, like his prior film "The Syrian Bride," satirizes Israel's bureaucrats while remaining sympathetic to citizens who live within and adjacent to Israel's disputed borders.
By Carrie Rickey FULL REVIEW
70
Lemon Tree is in its best moments a sober-hearted take on the righteous blowback from whittled-away souls, and a movie that invariably rights itself with each return to the beautifully steely gaze of Abbass.
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67
This story--or stories like it--has been told and re-told too often. Lemon Tree works best when Riklis cuts out the predictable melodrama and trusts the fertility of his central metaphor.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
50
Promising parallels abound (not least between the two women's burdens), but the direction is stubbornly flat-footed.
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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
Genres
Tagline An analogy on the Gaza strip wall.
Website https://www.heimatfilm.biz/content/details/projects/Lemon%20Tree/en/
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Awards

Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
• 1 Win & 7 Nominations
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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