Divine Intervention

Divine Intervention

Released on
Drama, Romance, Comedy
Runtime
92 mins
(47 votes)

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
  • Nayef Fahoum Daher
  • Manal Khader
  • George Ibrahim
  • Jamel Daher
  • Amer Daher
  • Lutuf Nouasser
  • Riad Masarweh
  • Bassem Loulou
  • Salwa Nakkara
  • Naaman Jarjoura
  • Rana Nashashibi
  • Salman Natour
  • Fares Hakim
  • Khalil Jarjoura
  • Hamada Shamout
  • David Belle
  • Nazira Suleiman

Director

  • Elia Suleiman

Producers

  • Humbert Balsan

Screenwriter

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