Divine Intervention
Summary:
Director Elia Suleiman uses a mixture of romantic comedy and quirky humor to shed light on the problems of Palestinians in Yadon Ilaheyya (Divine Intervention). E.S. (Suleiman and his girlfriend Manal Khader), because they live in separate cities, must meet near an Israeli checkpoint. The film is little more than a series of usually comic but occasionally poignant sc... Full Summary >>
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Cast:
Elia Suleiman - (E.S.)
Manal Khader
Nayef Fahoum Daher
George Ibrahim - (Santa Claus)
George Khleifi
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Review:
Elia Suleiman's Divine Intervention is a mordantly amusing black comedy about life among the Arab citizens of Israel. The film makes excellent use of Suleiman's uniquely attenuated style of slapstick humor. It begins auspiciously, in Nazareth, where Santa Claus (George Ibrahim) is pursued by a gang of Palestinian kids. Chased up a hi... Continue >>
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