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08/02/2008 Drama 1h 46m
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Overview

Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territory. The Israeli defence minister and his wife move next door, forcing the Secret Service to order the trees' removal for security. The stoic Salma seeks assistance from the Palestinian Authority, Israeli army, and a young attorney, Ziad Daud, who takes the case. In this allegory, does David stand a chance against Goliath?

  1. Eran Riklis

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Hiam Abbass

    Selma Zidane

  2. Tarik Kopty

    Abu Hussam

  3. Ali Suliman

    Ziad Daud

  4. Doron Tavory

    Defense Minister Israel Navon

  5. Rona Lipaz-Michael

    Mira Navon

  6. Amos Lavi

    Commander Jacob

  7. Amnon Wolf

    Leibowitz

  8. Liron Baranes

    Gilad

  9. Smadar Jaaron

    Tamar Gera

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Reviews

A review by badelf
Written by badelf on 2025-11-06
Lemon Tree: The Fork in the Road We Didn't Take

"Lemon Tree" must be understood in its 2008 context, when the Israeli-Palestinian conflict existed at a different temperature than today. Both sides were slightly more tentative, and the possibility of human connection across the divide felt less remote. Viewed now, the film plays as a fork in the road, a moment when empathy might have prevailed over the machinery of occupation. That it didn't, makes "Lemon Tree" both hopeful and heartbreaking.

Director Eran Riklis takes a measured approach, perhaps too measured. The screenplay could have b...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Hebrew

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$7,199,534.00

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