Divine Intervention (يد إلهية‎) 23 years old

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.

Credits

Divine Intervention Cast

Name	Character
Elia Suleiman He was 41, now 64 years old	as E.S.
George Ibrahim He was 56, now 79 years old	as Santa Clause
Manal Khader	as Woman

Divine Intervention Crew

Name	Department
Eve-Marie Arnault as Costume Design. She was 2 (now 25) years old	Costume & Make-Up
Véronique Lange as Editor. She was 52 (now 75) years old	Editing
Rémi Burah as Co-Producer. He was 34 (now 57) years old	Production
Joachim Ortmanns as Co-Producer.	Production
Babette Schröder as Associate Producer.	Production
Elia Suleiman as Director. He was 41 (now 64) years old	Directing
Elia Suleiman as Co-Producer. He was 41 (now 64) years old	Production
Elia Suleiman as Writer. He was 41 (now 64) years old	Writing
Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux as Visual Effects.	Visual Effects
Denis Renault as Production Design.	Art
Denis Renault as Art Direction.	Art