Film guide 2019
It Must Be Heaven
A quiet traveller discovers unexpected echoes of Palestine in Paris and New York.
- Original title
- It Must Be Heaven
- Director
- Elia Suleiman
- Year
- 2019
Editorial profile. Availability on LAREINE TV has not been confirmed.
Story, without spoilers
Elia leaves Palestine and observes the places he visits with a filmmaker's curiosity. Encounters in streets and professional meetings raise questions about where he belongs. Although the cities change, gestures of authority and everyday absurdities keep recalling home, turning travel into a sequence of comic comparisons.
Context & recognition
Elia Suleiman describes a cinema built from movement, silence and sparse dialogue in the film's press notes. This episodic exploration of identity and belonging received a Special Mention at Cannes in 2019.
Main characters & cast
Elia Suleiman / ES
Elia Suleiman
The travelling observer at the centre of the film.
Gael García Bernal
Gael García Bernal
The actor appears briefly as himself.