It Must Be Heaven
(2019)Filmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his homeland of Palestine in this Cannes Palme d'Or-nominated comedy.... More
"ES escapes from Palestine seeking an alternative homeland, only to find that Palestine is trailing behind him. The promise of a new life turns into a comedy of errors: however far he travels, from Paris to New York, something always reminds him of home. From award-winning director Elia Suleiman, a comic saga exploring identity, nationality and belonging, in which Suleiman asks the fundamental question: where is the place we can truly call home?" (Cannes Film Festival)Hide
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Winner (Special Mention), 2019 Cannes Film Festival
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Directed by Elia Suleiman ('Divine Intervention', 'The Time That Remains', 'Chronicle of a Disappearance')
Starring Elia Suleiman, Ali Suliman, François Girard, Gael García Bernal, Grégoire Colin, Tarik Kopti, Kareem Ghneim, George Khleifi
Written by Elia Suleiman
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Filmmaker and actor Elia Suleiman uses his own face and body to express the soul of Palestine in his films, and nowhere more so than in his droll new comedy, It Must Be Heaven. Full Review
For Suleiman, comedy is a kind of rhetorical non-violence. And yet there is also a pessimism here, a warning from a tarot card reader that a Palestinian state will not be seen in the protagonist's lifetime. Full Review
Whimsical and wistful yet infused with a yearning for the stability of place... Full Review
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