Divine Intervention
يد إلهية2002
- Elia Suleiman
- 1h 32m
- October 2, 2002 · Palestinian Territory, France, Morocco, Germany
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 2, 2002
- Original language
- Arabic
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, Hebrew, English
- Countries
- Palestinian Territory, France, Morocco, Germany
- Production
- Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen,ARTE France Cinéma,Gimages,Ognon Pictures,Hubert Bals Fund,Soread-2M,Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion (I),Ness Communication & Productions Ltd.,Lichtblick Film,Gimages Films
- Cast
- Elia Suleiman,Nayef Fahoum Daher,Manal Khader,George Ibrahim,Jamel Daher,Amer Daher,Lutuf Nouasser,Riad Masarweh,Bassem Loulou,Salwa Nakkaraand 8 more
- Director
- Elia Suleiman
- Writer
- Elia Suleiman
- Producer
- Humbert Balsan
- Cinematography
- Marc-André Batigne
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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