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- Academy 2
- 1 h 42 m
- Academy 2
- 1 h 42 m
Summary Filmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his homeland of Palestine.
Written By: Elia Suleiman
- Academy 2
- 1 h 42 m
- Academy 2
- 1 h 42 m
It Must Be Heaven
68
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Summary Filmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his homeland of Palestine.
Written By: Elia Suleiman
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
68
60% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
40% Mixed
4 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
68
60% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
40% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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This poignant, minor-key work from the only major filmmaker to carry the torch of silent comedy into the 21st century is rich with feeling, even as it enters a self-reflexive zone that sometimes distracts from the legitimate concerns at its core.
Whimsical and wistful yet infused with a yearning for the stability of place.
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.
An easy-going film that coolly ambles forward as a series of short sketches and vignettes, while maintaining a fairly detached tone.
Wry rather than uproarious, it’s a little uneven at times. But Suleiman is a master of slow-burning, cumulative humour; this is the kind of comedy that creeps up on you.
There are times when the passive, elusive quality of It Must Be Heaven, as with other Suleiman films, eluded me and felt mannered and superficial, but they are stylishly made with a distinctive signature.
By the time Suleiman’s character finishes his world trip and returns home, all he leaves us with is the reassurance that the Palestinian people are resilient and, eventually, will be free as well. That’s a terribly lazy note to end on. Some might even call it trivializing.
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Production Company
Rectangle Productions,
Nazira Films,
Pallas Film,
Possibles Média,
Zeyno Film,
Doha Film Institute,
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF),
ARTE,
Turkish Radio & Television (TRT),
Wild Bunch,
Le Pacte,
Schortcut Films,
Maison 4:3,
AFAC - The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture,
KNM,
Eurimages,
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM),
Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC),
Crédit d'Impôt Cinéma et Télévision,
Crédit d'Impôt pour la Production Cinématographique ou Magnétoscopique Canadienne,
L'Aide aux Cinémas du Monde,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Institut Français,
Téléfilm Canada,
Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA),
Abbout Productions,
CN3 Productions
Duration 1 h 42 m
Awards
THE CRITICS AWARDS FOR ARAB FILMS
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Seville European Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
