In “The Lemon Tree,” Israeli director Eran Riklis delivers a new perspective on the Middle East in the form of a profoundly moving fictional microcosm of the Israel/Palestinian struggle over land, security and displacement.

A Palestinian woman’s lemon trees become a point of contention when the Israeli defense minister moves in next door. Located along the Green Line between Israel and the occupied West Bank, the grove has been dutifully tended to by her family for generations. The defense minister fears that a terrorist could come across the border through the grove, inspiring his campaign to tear it down. The battle over the grove’s preservation is eventually taken to Israel’s High Court of Justice.

“It’s a film about people who are trapped in a political situation,” said Riklis after the contemporary film, based loosely on true stories with a cast of Israeli and Palestinians, made its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival on Friday. “It’s a film for all audiences.”

Riklis manages the difficult task of portraying points of view on both sides in a way that makes individuals think beyond the news headlines, and consider the issues at stake in a critically way without oversimplifying them. The film, which is also inspired by actual accounts of Palestinians taking their disputes to the High Court, is, in a certain sense, a tribute to the Israeli justice system.

“It does not try to impose any view on you,” he said. “It’s about people trapped in a deadlock. It tells a story, shows you emotions and glides through a complex, delicate situation in an explosive setting.”

“To use an American term, it’s a ‘feel-good movie’,” he said. “Maybe it’s not a happy ending. But anyone walking out afterwards will have a smile and sense of learning something. This film will have a wide release whereever it goes.”

The trailer for “The Lemon Tree” can be viewed below. You can also by checking out Radio For Peace, a joint Israeli-Palestinian radio station providing messages of peace, cooperation, and mutual understanding.