Divine Intervention

  • Release Date: 2002-04-11
  • Runtime: 1Hours 32Minutes
  • Language: Arabic, English, Hebrew.
  • Director: Elia Suleiman.
  • Production Companies: Soread-2M , Ognon Pictures , Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Gimages , Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion (I) , Ness Communication & Productions Ltd. , ARTE France Cinéma ARTE France Cinéma.
  • 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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