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Yadon Ilaheya / Divine Intervention DVD 2002 Deus ex machina / Directed by Elia Suleiman / Starring: Elia Suleiman, Manal Khader / Modern Classics
UPC 5998133148636 / 5999545570176
REGION 2 PAL DVD
MADE IN HUNGARY
AUDIO: English 2.0, Hungarian 2.0
SUBTITLES: Hungarian
Total Runtime: 90 minutes + extras
English Summary:
Divine Intervention (Arabic: يد إلهية) is a 2002 film by Palestinian director Elia Suleiman, which may be described as a surreal black comedy. The film consists largely of a series of brief interconnected sketches, but for the most part records a day in the life of a Palestinian living in Nazareth, whose girlfriend lives several checkpoints away in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
One lyrical section features a beautiful sunglasses-clad Palestinian woman (played by Manal Khader) whose passing by not only distracts all eyes, but whose gaze causes Israeli military checkpoint towers to crumble. The director features prominently as the film's silent, expressionless protagonist in a performance that has been compared to the work of Buster Keaton, Jim Jarmusch and Jacques Tati.
The film is noted for its minimal use of dialogue, its slow pace and repetition in behavior by its characters.
Hungarian Summary:
Cast / Szereplők
- Elia Suleiman as E.S.
- Manal Khader as The Woman
- Denis Sandler Sapoznikov as Israeli soldier on Palestinian-Israeli border.
Awards
The film screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival on May 12, was awarded the Jury Prize and the FIPRESCI Prize for "its sensitive, amusing and innovative vision of a complex and topical situation and the tragic consequences that result from it".
- Won
- Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival
- FIPRESCI Prize (competition) at the Cannes Film Festival
- Special Jury Prize at the Chicago International Film Festival
- Screen International Award at the European Film Awards
- Nominated
- Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival
- Best Non-American Film at the Bodil Awards
| Directed by | Elia Suleiman |
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| Produced by | Humbert Balsan Elia Suleiman |
| Written by | Elia Suleiman |
| Starring | Elia Suleiman Manal Khader |
| Distributed by | Avatar Films (USA) |
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Release date
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May 19, 2002 |
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Running time
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90 minutes |
| Country | France Morocco Germany Palestinian territories |
| Language | Arabic Hebrew English |
