Genres
Production Companies
Ognon Pictures
Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
Gimages
Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion (I)
Ness Communication & Productions Ltd.
ARTE France Cinéma
Divine Intervention (يد إلهية)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Elia Suleiman
Writer: Elia Suleiman
Director of Photography: Marc-André Batigne
Producer: Humbert Balsan
Top Cast
Elia Suleiman
E.S.
Nayef Fahoum Daher
Father
Manal Khader
The Woman
George Ibrahim
Santa Claus
Jamel Daher
Jamal
Amer Daher
Auni
Lutuf Nouasser
Neighbor with American van
Riad Masarweh
Abu Basil
