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It Must Be Heaven

2019 · 103 min

A quiet, deadpan drift through strange cities, where small absurdities quietly echo displacement and belonging.

Directed by
Elia Suleiman
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Elia Suleiman, Ali Suliman, Gael García Bernal
Overview
Filmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his homeland of Palestine.

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Directed by
Elia Suleiman
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Elia Suleiman, Ali Suliman, Gael García Bernal
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • politics
  • survival
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Elia Suleiman
Written by
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Starring
Elia Suleiman, Ali Suliman, Gael García Bernal, Stephen McHattie, Kwasi Songui, Grégoire Colin, Holden Wong, Alain Dahan
Cinematography
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Runtime
103 min
Country
France, Germany, Qatar, Canada, Turkey, Luxembourg, Lebanon
Languages
English, Arabic, Spanish, French, Hebrew

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