Divine Intervention (2002)

Director: Elia Suleiman
Actors: Elia Suleiman, Manal Khader, George Ibrahim
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 2002
Region: All Region(Region Code:0)
Format: DVD, Ntsc, Widescreen
Running Time: 100min
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0
Language: Arabic
Subtitle: English, Korean, None

Storyline:
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 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.