Films

Lemon Tree
BackYear of participation | 2008 |
Program | Feature Competition |
Producer(s) | Eran Riklis |
Director(s) | Eran Riklis |
Script | Eran Riklis |
Director of Photography | Rainer Klausmann |
Production designer | Miguel Markin |
Music by | Habib Shadah |
Sound | As Milo |
Edit | Tova Asher |
Cast | Hiam Abbass, Rona Lipaz, Doron Tavori |
Production company(-ies) | Eran Riklis Productions MACT Productions Riva Film Heimatfilm |
Synopsis
Salma, a Palestinian woman lives on a territory adjacent to the green line [the pre-1967 border between Israel and the West Bank] whose new neighbor is the defense minister of Israel. This leads the security authorities to immediately regard the lemon grove of Salma 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.
Awards
Audience Award (Berlin IFF, Panorama 2008)
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