Divine Intervention

Divine Intervention

يد إلهية‎

Release date : 2002-04-11

Production country :

Palestinian Territory,

France,

Morocco,

Germany

Production company :

Soread-2M,

Ognon Pictures,

Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen,

Gimages,

Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion (I),

Ness Communication & Productions Ltd.,

ARTE France Cinéma

Status : Released

Durasi : 92 Min.

Popularity : 4.476

6.531

Total Vote : 48

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.