Borders that are Bittersweet: The Cost of Patriarchal Resistance for Women in The Lemon Tree

The female characters in Eran Riklis' The Lemon Tree attempt to negotiate the struggle between Western feminist ideas and the patriarchal society in which they live. Instead of making a choice between these two opposing ideas, this new Israeli film proposes a plurality of feminisms that recognise individual cultures and faith, writes Alice Burgin.