Lemon Tree (Etz Limon) (PG)
Thursday 14th January 2010
Eran Riklis 2008 - 106mins
Israel/Germany/France
Language: Arabic/Hebrew/French/English
Palestine,
the present, Selma is a Palestinian widow who scrapes a living from a
lemon grove. When Israel's new defence minister moves in next
door, the lemon grove is deemed a threat to national security. It
is locked behind barbed wire with orders for it to be chopped down.
Selma, resents this and decides to take her case to the Supreme
Court. A touching drama told with humour and warmth.
Score: 89.28%
Some members' comments:
A thought-provoking film.
Beautiful
Superb photography - a really poignant story
Lots of insights - great
Excellent
Cleverly showed how pointless wars are!
A lovely tender film
Very refreshing - interesting characters
Do you wonder that Hizbola has support?
Was that her husband's passport photo?
Defence Minister next to the border?? - they need Pembrokeshire planners!
Implausible from beginning to end.
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