Country / Region
France, Morocco, Germany, Palestine
Year   |   2002
Format   |   DCP
Color   |   Color
Length   |   92 min
Rating   |   12+
Divine Intervention

A love story takes place between a Palestinian man living in Jerusalem and a Palestinian woman from Ramallah. The man – ES – shifts between his ailing father and his love life, trying to keep both alive. Because of the political situation, the woman's freedom of movement ends at the Israeli army checkpoint between the two cities. Barred from crossing, the lovers' intimate encounters take place on a deserted lot right beside the checkpoint. A complicity of solemn desire begins to generate violent repercussions and against the odds, their angry hearts counter-attack with spasms of spectacular fantasy.



Elia SULEIMAN

Elia Suleiman was born in Nazareth in 1960. His feature debut Chronicle of a Disappearance won Best First Film at the 1996 Venice Film Festival. In 2002 Divine Intervention won the Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival and Best Foreign Film at European Film Awards. His feature The Time That Remains was in competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.His latest film It Must Be Heaven won the Special Mention and FIPRESCI Prize at 2019 Cannes Film Festival.

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