Divine Intervention

Directed by Elia Suleiman

‘A popular Jury Prize winner at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, DIVINE INTERVENTION uses the most subversive weapon of all – humour – to portray the mood of the escalating Middle East conflict. Filled with witty visual gags and a bravura style the film features Palestinian writer/director Suleiman in the central role as E.S. Subtitled ‘A Chronicle of Love and Pain’, DIVINE INTERVENTION follows a series of interrelated characters as they struggle to maintain the veneer of normal life in Nazareth. Trapped in a land that denies them their basic human rights, the film defines the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory in painfully explicit human terms.’ Excerpted from the production notes.

Duration:
92 minutes

Country of origin:
France and Palestine

Year of production:
2002