Divine Intervention
2002 · ★ 6.4 · Dir. Elia Suleiman
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 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.
- Released
- 2002-01-01
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Language
- AR
- Box office
- $1.7M
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Elia Suleiman
E.S.
Manal Khader
Woman
George Ibrahim
Santa Clause
Amer Daher
Auni
Jamel Daher
Jamal
Lufuf Nuweiser
Neighbor with American van
Read Masarweh
Abu Basil
Bassem Loulou
Abu Amer
Salwa Nakkara
Adia
Naaman Jarjoura
Uncle
Rama Nashashibi
Um Elias
Saiman Natour
Friend
