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The film is a string of sketches and running gags set in nazareth and at an israeli army checkpoint between jerusalem and ramallah and the. In his new film divine intervention, a suburban garden is firebombed and, minutes later, the owner strolls out. While trying to impress reverend matthews, gibbs has to win the approval of his congregation, the deacon board, and most importantly reverend matthews. Divine intervention is a mordant and bleak comedy, almost without dialogue, about palestinians under israeli occupation.

Palestinian antinarratives in the films of elia suleiman arab media. Suleimans second film, divine interventions, was screened in competition at the 2002 cannes film festival. The movie was originally nominated for the oscar for best foreign film and then taken off the list. Download the pdf version of this article with full image appendix here.

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