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  • Lemon Tree
  • Opened April 17, 2009 | Runtime:1 hr. 46 min.
  • PG
    mature theme and subtitled
  • Salma Zidane (Abbass) is a Palestinian widow living on the edge of the West Bank, eking out a living from a small lemon grove on her property that abuts the fence marking the Israeli border on one side. When the Israeli defense minister moves into Read More
  • Cast: Hiam Abbass, Ali Suliman, Rona Lipaz-Michael, Doron Tavory, Tarik Copty
  • Director: Eran Riklis
  • Genres: Psychological Drama, Drama

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    Lemon Tree

    We did not know what to expect but it got a great review in the paper and we agreed with the reviewers that is was an exceptional and thought provoking movie.

Lemon Tree Critic Reviews

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  • 90
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    A wrenching, richly layered feminist allegory as well as a geopolitical one.

  • 80
    Salon.com | Andrew O'Hehir

    Something like a cross between a torn-from-the-headlines docudrama, a Middle...

  • 80
    Variety | Derek Elley

    The rare ability to make intelligent, entertaining cinema from hot-button...

  • 78
    Austin Chronicle | Marc Savlov

    The most remarkable aspect of Lemon Tree, however, and the one that's most...

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