Divine Intervention
11/04/2002
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.
Movie Information
Elia Suleiman
as E.S.
Nayef Fahoum Daher
as Father
Manal Khader
as The Woman
George Ibrahim
as Santa Claus
Jamel Daher
as Jamal
Amer Daher
as Auni
Lutuf Nouasser
as Neighbor with American van
Riad Masarweh
as Abu Basil
Bassem Loulou
as Abu Amer
Salwa Nakkara
as Adla
Naaman Jarjoura
as Uncle
Rana Nashashibi
as Um Elias
Salman Natour
as Friend
Fares Hakim
as Bus-stop Shopkeeper
Khalil Jarjoura
as Number 6 Man
Hamada Shamout
as Basil
David Belle
as Marksman 1
Nazira Suleiman
as Mother
