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.
Director: Elia Suleiman
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Elia Suleiman as E.S. |
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Nayef Fahoum Daher as Father |
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Manal Khader as The Woman |
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George Ibrahim as Santa Claus |
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Jamel Daher as Jamal |
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Amer Daher as Auni |
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Lutuf Nouasser as Neighbor with American van |
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Riad Masarweh as Abu Basil |
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Bassem Loulou as Abu Amer |
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Salwa Nakkara as Adla |
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Naaman Jarjoura as Uncle |
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Rana Nashashibi as Um Elias |
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Salman Natour as Friend |
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Fares Hakim as Bus-stop Shopkeeper |
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Khalil Jarjoura as Number 6 Man |
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Hamada Shamout as Basil |
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David Belle as Marksman 1 |
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Nazira Suleiman as Mother |
| Directing | Elia Suleiman | Director |
| Writing | Elia Suleiman | Writer |
| Visual Effects | Manfred Büttner | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux | Visual Effects |
| Art | Miguel Markin | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eve-Marie Arnault | Costume Design |
| Camera | Marc-André Batigne | Director of Photography |
| Production | Humbert Balsan | Producer |
| Editing | Véronique Lange | Editor |
| Art | Samir Srouji | Art Direction |
| Directing | Shabtai Yitzhak | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Omri Givon | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Elia Suleiman | Co-Producer |
| Production | Avi Kleinberger | Line Producer |
| Production | Joachim Ortmanns | Co-Producer |
| Production | Babette Schröder | Associate Producer |
| Lighting | Ferenc Radnai | Gaffer |
| Art | Samir Srouji | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Laurent Lafran | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Najwa Mubarki | Casting Coordinator |
| Art | Erez Goldfarb | Set Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Orly Ronen | Makeup Supervisor |
| Camera | Benjamin Sherwin | Steadicam Operator |
| Sound | Franck Lamoureux | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Alon Shapira | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Ehab Assal | Focus Puller |
| Camera | Yehuda Sar-Israel | Clapper Loader |
| Crew | Ihab Salti | Video Assist Operator |
| Production | Galit Rosenstein | Additional Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mohammad Atallah | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Production | Keren Ron | Production Manager |
| Sound | Eric Tisserand | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Williams Schmit | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Hervé Guyader | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Nicolas Lefebvre | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Selim Azzazi | Sound Effects Designer |
