Lemon Tree

Lemon Tree

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Release Date

2/8/2008

Runtime

106 mins

Genres

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?

Status

Released

Original Language

Hebrew

Budget

-

Revenue

$7,199,534

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A quiet, disciplined portrait of a woman fighting an impossible system to preserve what little she has. The film finds dignity in small gestures of resistance and the weight of state machinery bearing down on an individual.

Mood

WistfulTenseDefiantMelancholic

Themes

PowerFamilyJusticeSurvival

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Meditative

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

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