Divine Intervention

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Elia Suleiman

E.S.

Age : 65 | Popularity : 8%

Manal Khader

Woman

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

George Ibrahim

Santa Clause

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Amer Daher

Auni

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Jamel Daher

Jamal

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Read Masarweh

Abu Basil

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Bassem Loulou

Abu Amer

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Salwa Nakkara

Adia

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Elia Suleiman
Writing	Writer	Elia Suleiman
Visual Effects	Visual Effects Producer	Manfred Büttner
	Visual Effects	Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux
Editing	Editor	Véronique Lange
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Eve-Marie Arnault
Production	Co-Producer	Joachim Ortmanns Rémi Burah Elia Suleiman
	Producer	Humbert Balsan
	Associate Producer	Babette Schröder
	Casting	Galit Rosenstain
	Line Producer	Avi Kleinberger
Art	Art Direction	Miguel Markin Denis Renault Samir Srouji
	Production Design	Miguel Markin Denis Renault
Camera	Director of Photography	Marc-André Batigne
Department	Role	Name

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