Divine Intervention
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- Runtime
- 92 mins
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.
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