Divine Intervention

About Divine Intervention

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.

Divine Intervention is a 2002 comedy romance film directed by Elia Suleiman.

Elia Suleiman stars as E.S., Nayef Fahoum Daher as Father, Manal Khader as The Woman, and George Ibrahim as Santa Claus. Released in October 2002, it runs 92 minutes.

The screenplay is by Elia Suleiman. Produced by Lichtblick Film. American members can watch it on Chai Flicks.

TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 57 votes and it carries a NR rating.