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  • The Lemon Tree (1993)
  • Short | 29 min | Documentary, Short
The Lemon Tree (1993)
Short | 29 min | Documentary, Short

The film reflects the pessimistic mood of the immediate post Gulf War era. It adapts a sad short story by the poet and former Arab League ambassador Ibrahim Shokrallah and intercuts it with his biography. His painful description of a ...See moreThe film reflects the pessimistic mood of the immediate post Gulf War era. It adapts a sad short story by the poet and former Arab League ambassador Ibrahim Shokrallah and intercuts it with his biography. His painful description of a family's lemon tree which was cut down to build and sell a house seem to anticipate the future ordeals of his family starting with the military defeat in June 1967. Back from Canada his three children get involved in the anti-Zionist and leftist student movement of the early 1970s, are chased and imprisoned. Written by Ryan Davis, AFD See less
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Director
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Adel Mounir (as Adel Monir)
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Updated Dec 31, 1993

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1993 (France)

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2 cast members
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Ali Bahzan
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Azza Kamal
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