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Written by kristel
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Monday, 31 March 2008 |
Tuesday 1st April,
7.30pm
Filmscreening: Divine
Intervention
Followed by time for analysis and
discussion
Divine Intervention is a 2002 film by the Israeli
Palestinian director Elia Suleiman, which may be described as a surreal black
comedy. The film consists largely of a series of brief interconnected sketches,
but for the most part records a day in the life of a Palestinian living in
Nazareth, whose girlfriend lives several checkpoints away in the West Bank city
of Ramallah.
Most of the stories are droll, some absurd, one is
mythic and fanciful; few words are spoken. A man who goes through his mail
methodically each morning has a heart attack. His son visits him in hospital.
The son regularly meets a woman at Al-Ram; they sit in a car, hands caressing.
Once, she defies Israeli guards at the checkpoint; later, Ninja-like, she takes
on soldiers at a target range. A red balloon floats free overhead. Neighbors
toss garbage over walls. Life goes on until it doesn't.
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