
The Melbourne Cinémathèque & ACMI present
Divine Intervention
When
Wed 15 Oct 2025
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Awarded both the Jury Prize and FIPRESCI Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, writer-director-performer Suleiman’s surrealist dark comedy highlights, through a series of loosely connected vignettes, the absurdity of everyday life in occupied Palestine and the steadfastness of the country’s people.
Like Buster Keaton and Jacques Tati, whose films his approach is often likened to, Suleiman also stars in the lead role as the expressionless protagonist who acts as a silent conduit for the audience as he navigates security checkpoints, blossoming love and a family crisis in occupied Palestine.
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Australia's longest-running film society, Melbourne Cinémathèque screens significant works of international cinema in the medium they were created, the way they would have originally screened.
Melbourne Cinémathèque is self-administered, volunteer-run, not-for-profit and membership-driven.
