LEMON TREE
by Eran Riklis
synopsis
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.
international title: | Lemon Tree |
original title: | Etz Limon |
country: | France, Israel, Germany |
sales agent: | Playtime |
year: | 2007 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Eran Riklis |
film run: | 106' |
release date: | DE 8/02/2008, FR 23/04/2008, BE 21/05/2008, ES 3/10/2008, IT 12/12/2008 |
screenplay: | Eran Riklis, Suha Arraf |
cast: | Hiam Abbass, Ali Suliman, Rona Lipaz-Michael, Doron Tavory, Tarik Copty, Amos Lavi, Amnon Wolf |
cinematography by: | Rainer Klausmann |
film editing: | Tova Ascher |
art director: | Miguel Merkin |
costumes designer: | Rona Doron |
producer: | Eran Riklis |
production: | MACT Productions, Heimatfilm GMBH + CO KG, Riva Filmproduktion, Eran Riklis Productions (IL) |