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Divine Intervention (2002)
Directed by Elia Suleiman
Drama, Romance, Comedy · 1h 32m
Santa Claus tries to outrun a gang of knife-wielding youth. It's one of several vignettes of Palestinian life in Israel - in a neighborhood in Nazareth and at Al-Ram checkpoint in East Jerusalem. Most of the stories are droll, some absurd, one is mythic and fanciful; few words are spoken. A man who goes through his mail methodically each morning has a heart attack. His son visits him in the hospital. The son regularly meets a woman at Al-Ram; they sit in a car, hands caressing. Once, she defies Israeli guards at the checkpoint; later, ninja-like, she takes on soldiers at a target range. A red balloon floats free overhead. Neighbors toss garbage over walls. Life goes on until it doesn't.
Cast
Elia Suleiman
E.S.
Salwa Nakkara
Adla
Crew
- Director
- Elia Suleiman
- Writer
- Elia Suleiman
- Director of Photography
- Marc-André Batigne
- Editor
- Véronique Lange
- Producer
- Humbert Balsan
Details
- Original title
- يد إلهية
- Release date
- 2002-10-02
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, English, Hebrew
- Countries
- France, Morocco, Germany, Netherlands, Palestinian Territory
- Production
- Ognon Pictures, ARTE France Cinéma, Gimages Films, Soread-2M, Lichtblick Film, Hubert Bals Fund