Infos

Directed by : Eran Riklis
Release date: 21 May 2008
Duration: 106 minutes
Genre: Drama
Country : Israel, France, Germany (2007)
Original language: Hebrew

 Synopsis

Salma, a Palestinian widow, has to stand up against her new neighbor, the Israeli Defense Minister, when he moves into his new house opposite her lemon grove, on the green line border between Israel and the West Bank. The Israeli security forces are quick to declare that Salma's trees pose a threat to the Minister's safety and issue orders to uproot them. Together with Ziad Daud, her young Palestinian lawyer, Salma goes all the way to the Israeli Supreme Court to try and save her trees. Her struggle raises the interest of Mira Navon, the Defense minister's wife, who is trapped in her new home and in an unhappy life. Despite their differences and the borders between them the two women develop an invisible bond, while forbidden ties grow stronger between Salma and Ziad. Salma's legal and personal journey lead her deep into the complex, dark and sometimes funny chaos of the ongoing struggle in the Middle East, in which all players find themselves alone in their struggle to survive.

 Videos

 

 

 

 Similar movies available now at the cinema

Youth (Spring)
8
19 June 2024

Youth (Spring)

 Directed by: Wang BingZhili, 150 km from Shanghai. In this city dedicated to textile manufacturing, young people flock from all the rural regions crossed by the Yangtze River. They are 20 years old, sharing dormitories and eating in the corridors. They work tirelessly so that one day they can raise a child, buy a house... Read more...

My Theaters


Newsletter
Subscribe to our newsletter: