Santa Claus tries to outrun a gang of knife-wielding youth. It's one of several vignettes of Palestinian life in Israel - in a neighborhood in Nazareth and at Al-Ram checkpoint in East Jerusalem. 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 the 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.
Cast
Elia Suleiman
E.S.
Nayef Fahoum Daher
Father
Manal Khader
The Woman
George Ibrahim
Santa Claus
Jamel Daher
Jamal
Amer Daher
Auni
Lutuf Nouasser
Neighbor with American van
Riad Masarweh
Abu Basil
Bassem Loulou
Abu Amer
Salwa Nakkara
Adla
Naaman Jarjoura
Uncle
Rana Nashashibi
Um Elias
Salman Natour
Friend
Fares Hakim
Bus-stop Shopkeeper
Khalil Jarjoura
Number 6 Man
Hamada Shamout
Basil
David Belle
Marksman 1
Nazira Suleiman
Mother
Crew
Elia Suleiman
Director, Writer, Co-Producer
Véronique Lange
Editor
Marc-André Batigne
Director of Photography
Shabtai Yitzhak
First Assistant Director
Omri Givon
Second Assistant Director
Humbert Balsan
Producer
Babette Schröder
Associate Producer
Joachim Ortmanns
Co-Producer
Avi Kleinberger
Line Producer
Miguel Markin
Production Design
Benjamin Sherwin
Steadicam Operator
Najwa Mubarki
Casting Coordinator
Galit Rosenstein
Additional Casting
Mohammad Atallah
Wardrobe Supervisor
Eve-Marie Arnault
Costume Design
Orly Ronen
Makeup Supervisor
Selim Azzazi
Sound Effects Designer
Hervé Guyader
Sound Editor
Nicolas Lefebvre
Assistant Sound Editor
Eric Tisserand
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Williams Schmit
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Laurent Lafran
Sound Recordist
Franck Lamoureux
Boom Operator
Alon Shapira
Boom Operator
Manfred Büttner
Visual Effects Producer
Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux
Visual Effects
Samir Srouji
Set Decoration, Art Direction
Erez Goldfarb
Set Dresser
Yehuda Sar-Israel
Clapper Loader
Ihab Salti
Video Assist Operator
Ferenc Radnai
Gaffer
Keren Ron
Production Manager
Ehab Assal
Focus Puller
