2019 film
It Must Be Heaven |
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Directed by | Elia Suleiman |
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Written by | Elia Suleiman |
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Produced by | Édouard Weil Laurine Pelassy Elia Suleiman Zeynep Özbatur Atakan Martin Hampel Thanassis Karathanos Michel Merkt Serge Noël |
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Starring | Elia Suleiman |
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Narrated by | Elia Suleiman |
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Cinematography | Sofian El Fani |
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Edited by | Véronique Lange |
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Production companies | Rectangle Productions Pallas Film Nazira Films Possibles Media Zeynofilm |
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Distributed by | Le Pacte |
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Release date |
- 24 May 2019 (2019-05-24) (Cannes)
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Running time | 97 minutes |
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Countries | France Germany Canada Qatar Palestine Turkey |
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Languages | Arabic French English Spanish Hebrew |
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It Must Be Heaven is a 2019 internationally co-produced comedy-drama film directed, written and starred by Elia Suleiman.[1] It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.[2][3]
It was selected as the Palestinian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[4]
Plot
A Palestinian man travels abroad. He encounters strange and familiar scenes.
Cast
Reception
As of October 2021[update], the film holds a 96% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 49 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "An entrancing blend of the poignant and the absurd, It Must Be Heaven finds writer-director Elia Suleiman returning to action in peak form."[5] On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 69 out of 100, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable".[6]
Awards
At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, It Must Be Heaven received the Special Mention from the Main Competition Jury,[7][8] and the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film In Competition.[9]
At the 2019 Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF), the film was awarded 4,000 € in broadcasting rights in Belgium.[10]
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