SummaryLemon Tree is Eran Riklis' engaging human drama of one woman's struggle to preserve her way of life in the midst of political turmoil. The wonderful Hiam Abbass is Salma, a Palestinian widow who earns her living tending to her late father's lemon grove. When an Israeli government minister moves next door and declares the grove a potential securit... Read More
Directed By:Eran Riklis
Written By:Suha Arraf, Eran Riklis
Lemon Tree
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
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A wrenching, richly layered feminist allegory as well as a geopolitical one.
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The rare ability to make intelligent, entertaining cinema from hot-button current issues is beautifully illustrated by Lemon Tree.
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The sensuousness of Lemon Tree is its glory.
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Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis' Lemon Tree is a lively deadpan comedy which, like his prior film "The Syrian Bride," satirizes Israel's bureaucrats while remaining sympathetic to citizens who live within and adjacent to Israel's disputed borders.
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Lemon Tree is in its best moments a sober-hearted take on the righteous blowback from whittled-away souls, and a movie that invariably rights itself with each return to the beautifully steely gaze of Abbass.
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This story--or stories like it--has been told and re-told too often. Lemon Tree works best when Riklis cuts out the predictable melodrama and trusts the fertility of his central metaphor.
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Promising parallels abound (not least between the two women's burdens), but the direction is stubbornly flat-footed.
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Production Company:
- Heimatfilm
- MACT Productions
- Eran Riklis Productions
- Riva Filmproduktion
- Arte France Cinéma
- ZDF/Arte
- Metro Communications
- United King Films
- Citrus Film Investors
- Canal+
- Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Israeli Film Fund
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
- Lemon Tree
- Ministry of Education and Sport
Release Date:Apr 17, 2009
Duration:1 h 46 m
Tagline:An analogy on the Gaza strip wall.
Awards
Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
• 1 Win & 7 Nominations
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
