2009 Riverside Saginaw Film Festival

Feature Presentations

 

Lemon Tree

Sponsored by David and Audrey Lewis.
Israel, 2008
106 minutes, unrated

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Showings: TBA

Showings: TBA

Synopsis: Based on a real-life incident. When the Israeli Defense Minister moves to the border between Israel and the West Bank a security issue battle ensues over a Palestinian widow's adjacent lemon tree farm -- leading to an unlikely friendship between the widow and the defense minister's wife. Winner at Berlin Film Festival.

“It is worth seeing simply for the performance of Hiam Abass, magnificent in her dignity and determination.”

–Sarah Boslaugh, Playback

 

 

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