Yadon ilaheyya (2002)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Elia Suleiman

Writer:

Elia Suleiman (writer)

Release Date:

2 October 2002 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | War | Comedy

Plot:

Separated by a checkpoint, Palestinian lovers from Jerusalem and Ramallah arrange clandestine meetings.

Plot Keywords:

Checkpoint | Jerusalem | Balloon | Mail | Hospital

Awards:

6 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Elia Suleiman	...	E.S.
Manal Khader	...	Woman
George Ibrahim	...	Santa Clause
Amer Daher	...	Auni
Jamel Daher	...	Jamal
Lufuf Nuweiser	...	Neighbor with American van
Read Masarweh	...	Abu Basil
Bassem Loulou	...	Abu Amer
Salvia Nakkara	...	Adia
Naaman Jarjoura	...	Uncle
Rama Nashashibi	...	Um Elias
Saiman Natour	...	Friend
Fairos Hakim	...	Bus stop shopkeeper
Khalil Jarjoura	...	Number 6 man
Hamada Shamout	...	Basil

Also Known As:

Chronicle of Love and Pain
D.I.
Divine Intervention
Göttliche Intervention - Eine Chronik von Liebe und Schmerz (Germany)
Intervention divine (France)

Runtime:

92 min | France:100 min (Cannes Film Festival)

Country:

France | Morocco | Germany | Palestine

Language:

Arabic | Hebrew | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Denmark:7 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:15

Filming Locations:

East Jerusalem, Palestine

Company:

Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen

Trivia:

Chosen by "Telerama" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2002 (#04)

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: At the border, when several cars are told to turn around, the camera is reflected in the side of the cars for several seconds.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Humbert Balsan, producteur rebelle (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Tango El Amal

Wha?

Like others who have commented on this film, I, too, cannot stop thinking about it... thinking about how I was lured to the theater by a very good trailer that was crafted, I'm sure, to appeal to my interest in the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, my concerns with world affairs and other cultures. I was used!

From beginning to end, a chain of weak metaphors... Nothing Divine - no intervention. Pure tedium.

Best metaphor? At the very end, a pressure cooker - and the old lady saying "Turn it off."

I can't remember being this disappointed - ever - in a movie that I was so excited about seeing. I didn't laugh, I didn't cry ... Perhaps I should though; for the potential of all that this subject should have inspired in a truly creative and thoughtful writer/director. For shame.