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Elia Suleiman

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Elia Suleiman

Born July 28, 1960 in Nazareth, Israel12 films

Elia Suleiman (Arabic: إيليا سليمان, IPA: [ˈʔiːlja sʊleːˈmaːn]; born 28 July 1960; Nazareth) is a Palestinian film director and actor. He is best known for the 2002 film Divine Intervention (Arabic: يد إلهية), a modern tragicomedy on living under occupation in Palestine which won the Jury Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Suleiman's cinematic style is often compared to that of Jacques Tati and Buster Keaton, for its poetic interplay between "burlesque and sobriety". He is married to Lebanese singer and actress Yasmine Hamdan.

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The Time That Remains posterFirst watchThe Time That Remains20097.3An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day. A semi-biographic film, in four chapters, about a family spanning from 1948 until recent times.View film

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Filmography

12 films as director
  1. 2019It Must Be HeavenDirector
  2. 20127 Days in HavanaDirector
  3. 2009The Time That RemainsDirector
  4. 2007To Each His Own CinemaDirector
  5. 2002Divine InterventionDirector
  6. 2000Cyber PalestineDirector
  7. 1998The Arab DreamDirector
  8. 1997War and Peace in VesoulDirector
  9. 1996Chronicle of a DisappearanceDirector
  10. 1993The Gulf War... What Next?Director
  11. 1992Homage by AssassinationDirector
  12. 1990Introduction to the End of an ArgumentDirector