Zaytoun

Eran Riklis's Zaytoun (Israel, 2012) - The long history of conflict between Israel and Palestine scarcely lends itself to feel good drama but Israeli director Eran Riklis successfully works against the grain of expectations to find a glimmer of hope in the bleakest of circumstances. Zaytoun (the Arabic word for olive) is a quietly moving portrait of the fleeting bond forged between an Israeli pilot and a young Palestinian refugee during the war between Israel and Lebanon in 1982. 2012TOR.