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Lemon Tree

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Lemon Tree
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NR,1hr 46min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
April 17, 2009
Director:
Eran Riklis
Distributor:
IFC
Starring:
Hiam Abbass, Ali Suliman, Rona Lipaz-Michael  ...more
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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 trees are deemed a security risk. Salma hires a lawyer to prevent the powerful man from having her ancestral trees removed, but the odds are stacked against her, and to make matters worse, she begins to fall in love with her lawyer. Things seem bleak, but ... Full Synopsis
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Stephen Holden, The New York Times
A wrenching, richly layered feminist allegory as well as a geopolitical one. Full Review
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74
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out of 100
Based on 16 critic reviews
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Director Eran Riklis, left, and cinematographer Rainer Klaussmann on the set of "Lemon Tree" (IFC...
Director Eran Riklis on the set of "Lemon Tree" (IFC Films)
Hiam Abbass in "Lemon Tree" (IFC Films)
Rona Lipaz-Michael in "Lemon Tree" (IFC Films)
Tarik Kopty, left, Hiam Abbass and Ali Suliman in "Lemon Tree" (IFC Films)
Ali Suliman in "Lemon Tree" (IFC Films)
Center from left: Hiam Abbass and Ali Suliman in "Lemon Tree" (IFC Films)
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