You are viewing a film from our
2009 Festival programme.
Lemon Tree
Sunday 15th February 1:00 PM - Theatre By The Lake
Director:Eran Riklis
Cert:PG Year: 2008 Length:106mins
Country:Israel/Germany/France Language:Arabic/Hebrew
Hiam Abbass, in a terrific performance, plays Salma the Palestinian widow, who tends a lemon grove handed down through generations. But the Israeli Defence Minister moves in opposite and the lemon grove becomes regarded as a security threat. The based-on-a-true-story drama moves to the Israeli court, and to the hearts and minds of the central characters – including the Defence Minister’s wife Mira, who sympathises with Salma, and the young lawyer who takes on Salma’s case and soon falls for her.
Keswick Film Festival is supported by Film Hub North with National Lottery funding on behalf of the BFI Film Audience Network.
All programme and film details are correct at the time of publishing but may be subject to change.