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.
Unfortunately the movie Divine Intervention is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Elia Suleiman | Director |
Writing | Elia Suleiman | Writer |
Visual Effects | Manfred Büttner | Visual Effects Producer |
Visual Effects | Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux | Visual Effects |
Art | Miguel Markin | Production Design |
Production | Babette Schröder | Associate Producer |
Production | Joachim Ortmanns | Co-Producer |
Production | Galit Rosenstain | Casting |
Art | Denis Renault | Production Design |
Art | Miguel Markin | Art Direction |
Costume & Make-Up | Eve-Marie Arnault | Costume Design |
Production | Elia Suleiman | Co-Producer |
Camera | Marc-André Batigne | Director of Photography |
Production | Humbert Balsan | Producer |
Production | Avi Kleinberger | Line Producer |
Art | Denis Renault | Art Direction |
Production | Rémi Burah | Co-Producer |
Editing | Véronique Lange | Editor |
Art | Samir Srouji | Art Direction |