Divine Intervention (2002)
Palestinian director and performer Elia Suleiman delivers a darkly comic masterpiece. Suleiman utilizes irreverence, wit, mysticism and insight to craft an intense, hallucinogenic and extremely adept exploration of the dreams and nightmares of Palestinians and Israelis living in uncertain times. (Avatar Films)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Elia Suleiman
Written By: Elia Suleiman
Starring: Elia Suleiman, Manal Khader, George Khleifi, George Ibrahim, Lufuf Nuweiser, Emma Boltanski, Read Masarweh, Amer Daher, Bassem Loulou, Jamel Daher, Salvia Nakkara, Nayef Fahoum Daher
AKA: Yadon ilaheyya
Country: France, Germany, Morocco, Palestine
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Divine Intervention belongs to 5 collections
1. The Story of Film: An Odyssey (public: moderated by rant1229 - 19 stars)
2. FIPRESCI Prize (public: moderated by paulofilmo - 12 stars)
3. Cannes Film Festival: Jury Prize (public: moderated by hristos - 12 stars)
4. Cannes 2002 Official Selection (public: moderated by djross - 3 stars)
5. Tom's Movies (private: tomwalsh)
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| Jul 23 |  |
Velvet Crowe | 76 85% |
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The film is interesting in how it uses still shots and sound to convey things that aren't shown on screen, and it's all so incredibly well shot and edited that it's never boring to look at. The intricacies of its narrative are obtuse, but its core cynical sarcasm is endearing and drives a lot of the movie's personailty. However, I feel the movie misses out a lot by not making clear its core thematic goals and whatever that may have been feels like it falls on deaf ears by the end of its runtime.
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| May 15 |  |
caspian | 90 88% |
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i'm probably missing like 80% of the subtext and all of the wordplays in arabic but the poetic comedic timing and metaphors of tension/release through it were masterful.
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| Apr 19 |  |
Adam P-D | 30 24% |
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Unfortunately for Elia Suleiman, Roy Andersson has executed this style with such elegance that Divine Intervention is left feeling somewhere between a newspaper cartoon and one of those musical sketches at the end of a Smack the Pony episode.
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| Feb 23 |  |
ott | 80 77% |
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i was very happy with what i had already and then i got palestinian ninja
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| Oct 11, 2020 |  |
MargusTa | 72 64% |
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Before watching this move, i was in a doubt like some people on Palestine - Israel border, is this trip worth it or not. Like in movie, this trip is totally worth watching. Although there isn't many dialogs in the movie, it gives a good lesson.
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| Aug 05, 2016 |  |
RuruSmasher | 99 97% |
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A film that starts in Nazareth with a Santa Claus being chased by a bunch of kids and only gets more awesomely bizarre from there? 'Divine Intervention' is about boundaries and borders, every scene has deep political meaning and way offbeat humor and it somehow manages to also feature a romance between a Palestinian man and an Israeli woman that's mostly consumed by holding hands at border checkpoints. Cannot stress enough how much I love this.
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| Dec 08, 2015 |  |
PeaceAnarchy | 84 77% |
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A strange sort of absurdist realism. Deeply serious subject matter handled with a lot of dark cynical humour that lets situations play themselves out in weird ways with minimal dialogue or commentary. The uniqueness makes it a bit tough to get into, but I quite enjoyed it.
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| Apr 26, 2014 |  |
DarkCloud | 85 64% |
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A divine dark comedy with bleak, surrealistic environment, coupled with that 'seen-it-all' grin on Suleiman's face give this absurdist, acerbic tragic comedy a masterpiece status.
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| Oct 14, 2011 |  |
SlantMag | 30 78% |
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"Divine Intervention is very clear that the conflict in the Middle East is all one big farce." - Ed Gonzalez
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| Jul 13, 2007 |  |
turin | 70 66% |
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This film will leave anyone in love with absurd completely enchanted. A great satiric commentary of current situation in the area.
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| Average Percentile 54.97% from 141 Ratings |  |