Washington Psychotronic Film Society: Divine Intervention (2002)

February 9, Washington Psychotronic Film Society presents subversive absurdist romcom DIVINE INTERVENTION (2002) upstairs at Stoney’s on P (1433 P St NW, Washington, DC), trailer A:

WPFS doesn’t have a prayer

• 6:30pm: Short Films & Videos

• 7pm: DIVINE INTERVENTION (2002, France | Morocco | Germany | Palestine, 92m), original title يد إلهية [yad ʾilāhiyya] “divine hand”

Written and directed by

ELIA SULEIMAN (It Must Be Heaven, The Time That Remains, Chronicle of a Disappearance, Introduction to the End of an Argument)

Separated by a checkpoint, Palestinian lovers from Jerusalem and Ramallah arrange clandestine meetings, while absurd scenarios, from Santa being chased by a gang of knife-wielding children, to a blindfolded prisoner providing directions to tourists, to a Palestinian ninja providing target practice, take place all around them. 

poster: https://i.imgur.com/AqLdkre.jpg

large poster: https://i.imgur.com/xDt4ZGh.jpg

trailer B: https://vimeo.com/8623241

No Cover. Mature Subject Matter for Immature Adults (Ages 18+).

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/divine-intervention-2003

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/cteq/quiet-resistance-elia-suleimans-divine-intervention/

https://steemit.com/art/@mandibil/review-divine-intervention-2002-movie-by-elia-suleiman

https://popcult.blog/2024/01/11/movie-review-divine-intervention/

https://variety.com/2002/film/awards/divine-intervention-2-1200549525/

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