Lemon Tree (2008)
Etz Limon
106 min
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?
- Release date
- October 2, 2008
- Country of origin
- France, Germany, Israel
- Box office
- $7,199,534
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Trailer
Cast
- Hiam Abbass as Salma Zidane
- Tarik Kopty as Abu Hussam
- Ali Suliman as Ziad Daud
- Rona Lipaz-Michael as Mira Navon
- Amos Lavi as Commander Jacob
- Amnon Wolf as Leibowitz
- Liron Baranes as Gilad
- Danny Leshman as Private Itamar 'Quickie'
- Ayelet Robinson as Shelly
- Loai Nofi as Nasser Zidane
- Makram Khoury as Abu Kamal
- Amos Tamam as Simon Hasson
- Hili Yalon as Sigi Navon
- Michael Warshaviak as Braverman - the attorney
- Jameel Khoury as Mussa - Salma's son-in-law
- Einat Saruf as Self - Singing at the party
- Volga Sorgu
- Howard Rypp as DC Restaurant Owner
- Doron Tavory as Defense Minister Israel Navon
- Smadar Jaaron as Tamar Gera
Crew
- Eran Riklis · Director
- Suha Arraf · Writer
- Eran Riklis · Writer
- Eran Riklis · Producer
- Habib Shehada Hanna · Composer
- Rainer Klausmann · Cinematographer
- Tova Ascher · Editor
- Yael Aviv · Casting director
- Miguel Markin · Production designer