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Divine Intervention

2002, Movie, 1h 32min

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.

Country: France,Germany,Morocco,Palestine

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Reviews

Critic David Parkinson

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A precisely structured, surreal and highly stylised take on Middle East politics.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Marc Savlov

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Plotless in the conventional sense, 'Divine Intervention' is instead a warped tone poem composed atop an ever-shifting field of battle.

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

Critic Kasper Christoffer Larsen

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...den slags film, der skiller vandene blandt sit publikum. Enten af politiske grunde, fordi man er araber eller israeler, eller af temperamentsmæssige, fordi man finder dens surreale humor uimodståelig eller påtrængende.

Read full review at Cinemazone