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) |


























