Synopsis
Filmmaker Elia Suleiman travels to different cities and finds unexpected parallels to his homeland of Palestine.
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Cast
- Elia SuleimanE.S.
- Ali SulimanMad Man
- Gael García BernalGael García Bernal
- Stephen McHattieTarot Reader
- Kwasi SonguiNew York Taxi Driver
- Grégoire ColinMan in the Metro
- Holden WongPoliceman 6
- Alain DahanImmigration Officer
- Vincent MaravalProducer in Paris
- Sébastien BeaulacPoliceman #3
- 83
IndieWire
This poignant, minor-key work from the only major filmmaker to carry the torch of silent comedy into the 21st century is rich with feeling, even as it enters a self-reflexive zone that sometimes distracts from the legitimate concerns at its core. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
Filmmaker and actor Elia Suleiman uses his own face and body to express the soul of Palestine in his films, and nowhere more so than in his droll new comedy, It Must Be Heaven. - 80
Variety
Whimsical and wistful yet infused with a yearning for the stability of place. - 80
CineVue
A charming, deadpan study of national identities, an idiosyncratic love letter to his home and an unvarnished tribute to life’s universal absurdities. - 75
The Playlist
His film feels more like a collection of wonderfully envisioned set pieces that don’t fully form a coherent whole. - 70
TheWrap
An easy-going film that coolly ambles forward as a series of short sketches and vignettes, while maintaining a fairly detached tone. - 60
The Guardian
There are times when the passive, elusive quality of It Must Be Heaven, as with other Suleiman films, eluded me and felt mannered and superficial, but they are stylishly made with a distinctive signature. - 60
Screen Daily
Audiences will likely approach the film a series of sketches linked as much by mood as by theme. Some hit the spot, two or three are laugh-out-loud funny, but others seem little more than space-fillers in a film that is both enjoyable and frustrating.