Hiam Abbass, Ali Suliman, Doron Tavori
Salma Zidane lives in a tiny Palestinian village on the West Bank. She is 45 years old and a widow. Her children have left home, and she is alone. When the Israeli minister of defense builds a house o...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 3, 2009
Stats: 263 reviews
A story of pride and principal. A Palestinian woman's lemons come into harms way when an Israeli politician moves in next door. It's almost like one of those stories where neighbors go mental at the size of each others trees. The only difference being, here there are far more com...( read more)
The Lemon Tree is a drama which will move many viewers. The story is about people living in both sides of Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.This is all about human drama, about their belief and will. The two main characters are women who are imprisoned within the patr...( read more)
Where this was a good story, it lacked a good script, still and all a fair little film.
A wonderfully gripping film that truly shows the humanity we all find so difficult to put a face to when we watch the hollow news reports about what is happening on both sides in Israel. I found the performance by Hiam Abbass hypnotic and touching. Her flawless representation of ...( read more)
In such a quiet film, the power comes from the details. full review
Riklis seems never to have heard the words "Meir" or "Thatcher". Nor, in a film parlaying its message in a series of humdrum tableaux naïfs, the word "cinematic". full review
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