Elia Suleiman

Elia Suleiman

Active - 1990 - 2019  |   Birth - Jul 28, 1960  |   Genres - Drama, Documentary, Comedy, History, Biography | Subgenres - Comedy Drama, Historical Film

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Elia Suleiman is a Palestinian-Israeli film director and actor of Rûm Greek Orthodox origin. He is best known for the 2002 film Divine Intervention, a modern tragic comedy on living under occupation in Palestine which won the Jury Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Elia 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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