One of the best movies of the year. A must-see.
Subtle, simple, beautiful, poignant.
It tells the story of a Palestinian widow whose new neighbor is the Minister of Defense of Israel and his wife. His security forces deem that her backyard - a lemon tree grove she inherited from her father - is a national security threat and must be destroyed. She takes the case all the way up to the Supreme Court, with the help of her attorney (Ali Suliman from Paradise Now.
Here's a review of Les citronniers in French.
It won't come out in the US until the end of the year - but was shown a few days ago in NYC at a festival for "Israel@60".
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment