Divine Intervention

Divine Intervention

6.6IMDb Score
Released:2002-10-02
Duration:92 min
Director:Elia Suleiman
Actors:Elia Suleiman, Nayef Fahoum Daher, Manal Khader, George Ibrahim, Jamel Daher
Production:Ognon Pictures, ARTE France Cinéma, Gimages Films, Soread-2M, Lichtblick Film, Hubert Bals Fund
Keywords:palestine

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.

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