Etz Limon (2008)

Réalisateur:

Eran Riklis

Scénaristes:

Suha Arraf (writer)
Eran Riklis (writer)

Date de sortie:

27 mars 2008 (Israel)

Genre:

Drame

Intrigue:

The story of a Palestinian widow who must defend her lemontree field when a new Israeli Defense Minister moves next to her and threatens to have her lemon grove torn down. |

Plot Keywords:

Widow | Male Female Relationship | Hypocrisy | Supreme Court | Defence Minister

Récompenses:

2 wins & 9 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Grey Lemon

Ensemble

Hiam Abbass	...	Salma Zidane
Doron Tavory	...	Defense Minister Israel Navon
Ali Suliman	...	Ziad Daud
Rona Lipaz-Michael	...	Mira Navon
Tarik Kopty	...	Abu Hussam
Amos Lavi	...	Commander Jacob (as Amos Lavie)
Amnon Wolf	...	Leibowitz
Smadar Jaaron	...	Tamar Gera (as Smadar Yaaron)
Danny Leshman	...	Private Itamar aka Quickie
Hili Yalon	...	Sigi Navon
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Linon Banares	...	Gilad
Jamil Khoury	...	Son-in-Law
Makram Khoury	...	Abu Kamal (as Makram J. Khoury)
Yair Lapid	...	Himself - the TV presenter
Loai Nofi	...	Nasser Zidane
Ayelet Robinson	...	Shelly
Einat Saruf	...	Herself - Singing at the party
Michael Warshaviak	...	Braverman - the attorney
Lana Zreik	...	Laila

Réalisé par
Eran Riklis

Scénaristes (dans l'ordre alphabétique)
Suha Arraf		writer
Eran Riklis		writer

Produit par
Bettina Brokemper	....	co-producer
Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre	....	co-producer
Michael Eckelt	....	co-producer
Leon Edery	....	executive producer
Moshe Edery	....	executive producer
Johannes Rexin	....	line producer
Eran Riklis	....	producer
Ira Riklis	....	co-producer
David Silber	....	executive producer

Musique originale
Habib Shadah

Image
Rainer Klausmann

Montage
Tova Asher

Distribution des rôles
Yael Aviv

Création des décors
Miguel Markin

Création des costumes
Rona Doron

Directeur de production
Ghad Haijut	....	unit manager
Ayelet Imberman	....	unit production manager
Uzi Karin	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Michal Engel	....	first assistant director

Technicien du son
Hervé Buirette	....	sound mixer
Emil Klotzsch	....	foley editor
As Milo	....	sound
Roland Platz	....	foley artist
Gil Toren	....	sound designer

Effets spéciaux
Sassi Franco	....	special effects

Caméra et Département Electrique
Dennis Boni	....	additional photographer: Washington D.C.
Andy Kuester	....	assistant camera: Washington D.C.
Guy Ne'eman	....	grip

Divers
Valérie Chabrier	....	press attache: France
Geraldine Jourdan	....	production coordinator
Gennady Kuchlik	....	making-of director
Robert Schlockoff	....	press attache: France

Merci
Firas Khoury	....	thanks
Michael Schmid-Ospach	....	thanks

Companies de production

• Eran Riklis Productions
• Heimatfilm (co-production)
• MACT Productions (co-production)
• Riva Filmproduktion (co-production)
• Ministry of Education and Sport (participation)

Distributeurs

• Bir Film (2009) (Turkey) (all media) (limited)
• Agora (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Arsenal Filmverleih (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Camera Film (2008) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Cine Video y TV (200?) (Mexico) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Fidalgo Films (2008) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Filmtrade (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Folkets Bio (2008) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Golem Distribución (200?) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Halcyon Pictures (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• IFC Films (2009) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Imovision (200?) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Océan Films (2008) (France) (theatrical)
• Twin Pics (200?) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Autres Companies

• Gal-Kol Studios  music recorded at

Autre(s) titre(s):

Lemon Tree (Germany) (International: English title)
Les citronniers (France)
Shajarat limon (Israel: Arabic title)

Durée:

Germany:106 min (Berlin International Film Festival) | Argentina:106 min | USA:106 min

Pays:

Israel | Allemagne | France

Langue:

Arabe | Hébreu | Français | Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Sweden:7 | Taiwan:GP | South Korea:12 | Netherlands:6 | Ireland:PG | Germany:6 (f) | UK:PG | France:U | Australia:G | Argentina:Atp | Canada:G (British Columbia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Mexico:A

Lieux de tournage:

Djelazoun, West Bank, Israel

Société:

Eran Riklis Productions

Guillemet:

Title Card: [last title card]
[after the end credits]
Title Card: Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.

Connexions De Film:

Références "Yair Lapid" (2000)

Bande son:

Lemon Tree

Grey Lemon

Yes I know a lemon isn't grey, but yellow (or green, if it ain't ripe yet), but I'm talking about the grey area this movie does try to shine a light upon, with more than a light human touch coming with it. You get both sides of a dilemma, that concerns the aforementioned (see English title) lemon tree(s).

The director and the stars where at the screening I watched. There were many questions, one concerned the message of the movie. Interestingly enough the director himself is a Jew. But he still sees the craziness of the Gaza/border to other countries. And he also had an "All-Star" cast, that shows that there must not be any hate between the races. And the movie itself raises a few questions, about a few hot topics. It's a movie worth watching, not only for those that are afflicted by the themes of the movie, but also for everyone else!