It Must Be Heaven
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Laurine Pelassy
Elia Suleiman
Zeynep Özbatur Atakan
Martin Hampel
Thanassis Karathanos
Michel Merkt
Serge Noël
| It Must Be Heaven | |
|---|---|
 Cannes release poster | |
| Directed by | Elia Suleiman |
| Written by | Elia Suleiman |
| Produced by | Édouard Weil Laurine Pelassy Elia Suleiman Zeynep Özbatur Atakan Martin Hampel Thanassis Karathanos Michel Merkt Serge Noël |
| Starring | Elia Suleiman |
| Narrated by | Elia Suleiman |
| Cinematography | Sofian El Fani |
| Edited by | Véronique Lange |
Production companies | Rectangle Productions Pallas Film Nazira Films Possibles Media Zeynofilm |
| Distributed by | Le Pacte |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Countries | France Germany Canada Qatar Palestine Turkey |
| Languages | Arabic French English Spanish Hebrew |
It Must Be Heaven (Arabic: إن شئت كما في السماء, romanized: ʾin šiʾtu kamā fīs-samāʾ, lit. 'If you wish, as in heaven')[1] is a 2019 internationally co-produced comedy-drama film directed, written and starred by Elia Suleiman.[2] It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.[3][4]
It was selected as the Palestinian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[5]
A Palestinian man travels abroad. He encounters strange and familiar scenes.
Cast
- Elia Suleiman as himself
- Ali Suliman as Brother 1 in Restaurant
- François Girard as Policeman
- Gael García Bernal as himself
- Nancy Grant as Producer
- Guy Sprung as Professor
- Kwasi Songui as Taxi driver
- Stephen McHattie as Fortune teller
- Raïa Haïdar as Femen
- Alain Dahan as Immigration officer
- Vincent Maraval as Producer
- Grégoire Colin as Man in subway
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."[6] On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 69 out of 100, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable".[7]
Awards
At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, It Must Be Heaven received the Special Mention from the Main Competition Jury,[8][9] and the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film In Competition.[10]
At the 2019 Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF), the film was awarded 4,000 € in broadcasting rights in Belgium.[11]