Salma Zidane lives in a tiny Palestinian village on the West Bank. She is 45 years old and a widow. When the Israeli Minister of Defense builds a house on the other side of the green line, Selma’s lemon trees come to the attention of his bodyguards. Her trees are a security risk. They can hide terrorists and impede the bodyguards in their work. The lemon trees were planted by Salma’s family many generations ago--they are synonymous with Salma’s family history. Salma gets herself a lawyer who is up againnst a battery of clever military lawyers. The defence minister’s wife feels increasingly drawn to Salma and an invisible bond connects these two very different women who find themselves on the brink of a new phase in their lives.

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Eran Riklis has been active in the movie world since 1975. After graduating from Beaconsfield national Film school in england, he made his first film in 1984, ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE DAMASCUS, a political thriller based on a true story. his new film, THE MISSION OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER is due for release in 2010.

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