Come With MeFree | Trailer Addict
Length: 00:32
Posted: 7/23/2009
Clip from Body of Lies, Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio) tries to get close to Omar (Ali Suliman). watch
LEMON TREEFree | Video Detective
Length: 02:24
Posted: 3/28/2009
Salma Zidane (Hiam Abbass), a 45-year-old widow from a small Palestinian village in the West bank, finds herself at war with the Israeli Minister of Defense (Doron Tavory) who built his house on the green line border between Israel and the occupied Territories on the edge of Salma's lemon grove. soon enough the Israeli security forces claim that the grove is a threat to the safety of the minister and issue orders to uproot the lemon trees. Salma, whose son is in America and whose daughters live far away from her, decides to fight for her trees.
She embarks on a legal journey all the way up to the Israeli Supreme Court. Salma is joined by a young Palestinian lawyer, Ziad Daud (Ali Suliman), who fights against a wall of clever military lawyers who have the backing of the government. Ziad, 34, divorced from a Russian woman he met while attending law school in Moscow, falls in love with Salma. Their love affair is a complicated and dangerous one as Palestinian widows are not free to do w watch
Winner of the Audience Award at the Berlin Film Festival and Best Actress prize (Hiam Abbass) at the Israeli Film Academy Awards, LEMON TREE is Eran Riklis (THE SYRIAN BRIDE, CUP FINAL) engaging human drama of one woman s struggle to preserve her way of life in the midst of political turmoil. The wonderful Hiam Abbass (THE VISITOR) is Salma, a Palestinian widow who earns her living tending to her late father s lemon grove. When an Israeli government minister moves next door and declares the grove a potential security threat, Salma struggles to defend her peaceful livelihood. Personal drama gives way to political controversies as Salma forms an unexpected bond with the minister s lonely wife (Rona Lipaz-Michael), and takes her protest with the help of her young lawyer (Ali Suliman, PARADISE NOW) all the way to the Israeli Supreme Court. watch
