Divine Intervention (2002)
Divine Intervention (2002)
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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Cast

Elia Suleiman Elia Suleiman As: E.S.
Nayef Fahoum Daher Nayef Fahoum Daher As: Father
Manal Khader Manal Khader As: The Woman
George Ibrahim George Ibrahim As: Santa Claus
Jamel Daher Jamel Daher As: Jamal
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Storyline

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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Certification: R18+

Details

Genres: Drama, Romance, Comedy

Language: العربية, English, עִבְרִית

Release Date: 11 April 2002

Country: PS, FR, MA, DE

Runtime: 92m

Company Credits

Company: Soread-2M, Ognon Pictures, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Gimages, Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion (I), Ness Communication & Productions Ltd., ARTE France Cinéma

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Cast

Directed By

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Galit Rosenstain

Galit Rosenstain

Casting

Humbert Balsan

Humbert Balsan

Producer

Rémi Burah

Rémi Burah

Co-Producer

Avi Kleinberger

Avi Kleinberger

Line Producer

Joachim Ortmanns

Joachim Ortmanns

Co-Producer

Babette Schröder

Babette Schröder

Associate Producer

Elia Suleiman

Elia Suleiman

Co-Producer

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Eve-Marie Arnault

Eve-Marie Arnault

Costume Design

Sound

Not currently known.

Visual Effects

Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux

Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux

Visual Effects

Manfred Büttner

Manfred Büttner

Visual Effects Producer

Camera

Marc-André Batigne

Marc-André Batigne

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Miguel Markin

Miguel Markin

Production Design

Denis Renault

Denis Renault

Production Design

Miguel Markin

Miguel Markin

Art Direction

Denis Renault

Denis Renault

Art Direction

Samir Srouji

Samir Srouji

Art Direction

Other Crew

Not currently known.

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