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Title: Lemon Tree (2008)
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| Hiam Abbass | ... | Salma Zidane | |
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Rona Lipaz-Michael | ... | Mira Navon |
| Ali Suliman | ... | Ziad Daud | |
| Doron Tavory | ... | Defense Minister Israel Navon | |
| Tarik Kopty | ... | Abu Hussam (as Tarik Copti) | |
| Amos Lavi | ... | Commander Jacob (as Amos Lavie) | |
| Amnon Wolf | ... | Leibowitz | |
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Liron Baranes | ... | Gilad |
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Smadar Jaaron | ... | Tamar Gera (as Smadar Yaaron) |
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Danny Leshman | ... | Private Itamar 'Quickie' |
| Ayelet Robinson | ... | Shelly | |
| Amos Tamam | ... | Simon Hasson | |
| Loai Nofi | ... | Nasser Zidane (as Loai Noufi) | |
| Hili Yalon | ... | Sigi Navon | |
| Makram Khoury | ... | Abu Kamal (as Makram J. Khoury) | |
Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territory. The Israeli defense minister and his wife move next door; the Secret Service orders the trees removed for security. The stoic Salma seeks assistance from the Palestinian Authority (useless), Israeli army (dismissive), and a young attorney, Ziad Daud, who takes the case; this older client attracts him. While the courts deliberate, the Israelis fence her trees and prohibit her from entering the grove. As the trees wither, the defense minister's wife and, separately, an Israeli journalist, look on Salma with sympathy. In this allegory, does David stand a chance against Goliath? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Lemon Tree is a very good small film. I am not familiar with Israeli & Palestinian culture further than what is told everyday on the news and all. Is a surprisingly good film. It uses various filmmaking techniques to make the story as thematic as possible. The predominant green and light-green colors in the art direction's palette scheme, for example - remind us the color of the lemon. The story itself can be seen as an allegory to the conflicts between Palestinians and Israeli. They both wants different things from a same tree, and they fight until no tomorrow to 'make their wishes come true'. Even a perhaps "small thing' can turn into a national problem. Also, the character development is just fine, and so is the acting. It goes overly dramatic a little bit, but nothing than can diminishes the qualities of the film.