Dir Elia Suleiman has only made 4 movies in the past 24 years and the first three were a thematic trilogy. 'Time That Remains', the third, moved me, telling how the Palestinians of Nazareth lost, and then adapted to their occupation by Israel. His previous two, which also won awards in Europe, are on my I-want-to-watch-list.
'It Must Be Heaven' is as close to that seriousness as Woody Allen is to being a soldier... yet serious in conclusion. I mention Allen because the character in 'It Must Be Heaven' is as quirky... and is played by Suleiman himself. Instead of drama, it's a comedy with a philosophical point.
Suleiman is a silent character travelling to different places, observing human absurdities that make him realise that the world isn't that different to Palestine.
Consider this as the Palestinian companion to 'A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence'. Albert Camus would be proud.
'It Must Be Heaven' is as close to that seriousness as Woody Allen is to being a soldier... yet serious in conclusion. I mention Allen because the character in 'It Must Be Heaven' is as quirky... and is played by Suleiman himself. Instead of drama, it's a comedy with a philosophical point.
Suleiman is a silent character travelling to different places, observing human absurdities that make him realise that the world isn't that different to Palestine.
Consider this as the Palestinian companion to 'A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence'. Albert Camus would be proud.