Lemon Tree ( Etz Limon ) ( Les citronniers )

Lemon Tree (DVD) (*)

$25.99

Original Title: Etz Limon
Alternate Title: Les citronniers
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
European Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Arabic ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )
Hebrew ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
106 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Israel ( Africa, Middle East )

Directed By:
Eran Riklis

Written By:
Suha Arraf
Eran Riklis

Actors:
Hiam Abbass ..... Salma Zidane
Doron Tavory ..... Defense Minister Israel Navon
Ali Suliman ..... Ziad Daud
Rona Lipaz-Michael ..... Mira Navon
Tarik Kopty ..... Abu Hussam
Amos Lavi ..... Commander Jacob (as Amos Lavie)
Amnon Wolf ..... Leibowitz
Smadar Jaaron ..... Tamar Gera (as Smadar Yaaron)
Danny Leshman ..... Private Itamar aka Quickie
Hili Yalon ..... Sigi Navon
Linon Banares ..... Gilad
Jamil Khoury ..... Son-in-Law
Makram Khoury ..... Abu Kamal (as Makram J. Khoury)
Yair Lapid ..... Himself - the TV presenter
Loai Nofi ..... Nasser Zidane
Ayelet Robinson ..... Shelly
Einat Saruf ..... Herself - Singing at the party
Michael Warshaviak ..... Braverman - the attorney

Synopsis:

Salma, a Palestinian widow - living there for decades - , has to stand up against her new neighbor, the Israeli Defense Minister, when he moves into his new house opposite her lemon grove, on the green line border between Israel and the West Bank. The Israeli security forces are quick to declare that Salma's trees pose a threat to the Ministers safety and issue orders to uproot them. Together with Ziad Daud, a young Palestinian lawyer, Salma goes all the way to the Israeli Supreme Court to try and save her trees. Her struggle raises the interest of Mira Navon, the Defense ministers wife, trapped in her new home and in an unhappy life. Despite their differences and the borders between them the two women develop an invisible bond, while forbidden ties grow stronger between Salma and Ziad. Salmas legal and personal journey lead her deep into the complex, dark and sometimes funny chaos of the ongoing struggle in the Middle East, in which all players find themselves alone in their struggle to survive. As usual the Palestinian cause is dismissed, the movie ends with the Israeli wife moving out (obviously divorcing her husband), a tall concrete wall built between between Salma's land and the Israeli Minister's home, implying that they found an arrangement... but a final camera shot let us see that the trees have been cut off.

A lemon grove that belongs to Salma, a Palestinian woman living adjacent to the green line [the pre-1967 border between Israel and the West Bank] and her new neighbour, to her misfortune, the defense minister of Israel. This leads the Israeli security authorities to immediately regard the grove as a threat to the security of the minister and his family and to order the uprooting of the trees. To their surprise, she retains a young Palestinian attorney and engages in a legal battle that goes all the way to the Israeli High Court of Justice.

A drama based on the true story of a Palestinian widow who must defend her lemontree field when a new Israeli Defense Minister moves next to her and threatens to have her lemon grove torn down.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 03 June, 2009.

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