Divine Intervention

04/11/2002

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1hr 32min

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Drama

,Romance

,Comedy

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Elia Suleiman
  • Nayef Fahoum Daher
  • Manal Khader
  • George Ibrahim
  • Jamel Daher

    Directors

  • Elia Suleiman
  • Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Soread-2M
  • Ognon Pictures
  • Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
  • Gimages
  • Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion (I)
  • Ness Communication & Productions Ltd.
  • ARTE France Cinéma

    Production Countries

  • Palestinian Territory
  • France
  • Morocco
  • Germany

LANGUAGES

  • Arabic
  • English
  • Hebrew

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