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Release Date:
April 11, 2002
Original Title:
يد إلهية
Alternate Titles:
Divine Intervention
Gud griper inn
Intervention Divine
Intervenção Divina
Yadon ilaheyya
Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Production Companies:
ARTE France Cinéma
Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
Gimages
Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion (I)
Ness Communication & Productions Ltd.
Ognon Pictures
Soread-2M
Production Countries:
France | Germany | Morocco | Palestinian Territory
Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: 12+ HU: 16 IE: 15 JP: R18+ PL: 16
Runtime: 92
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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Art Direction:
Miguel Markin
Denis Renault
Samir Srouji
Associate Producer:
Babette Schröder
Casting:
Galit Rosenstain
Co-Producer:
Rémi Burah
Joachim Ortmanns
Elia Suleiman
Costume Design:
Eve-Marie Arnault
Director:
Elia Suleiman
Director of Photography:
Marc-André Batigne
Editor:
Véronique Lange
Line Producer:
Avi Kleinberger
Producer:
Humbert Balsan
Production Design:
Miguel Markin
Denis Renault
Visual Effects:
Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux
Visual Effects Producer:
Manfred Büttner
Writer:
Elia Suleiman
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