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Divine Intervention (2002)

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Divine Intervention

Elia Suleiman | France and Germany with English subtitles | 2002 | MA15+
Film

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.

Format: 35mm
Language: Arabic, English and Hebrew with English subtitles
Source: Pyramide
Courtesy: Pyramide
Runtime: 92 mins

Event duration

92 mins

Rating

MA15+

Strong Coarse Language

Where

Cinema 1, Level 2
ACMI, Fed Square

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