It Must Be Heaven

It Must Be Heaven is a 2019 internationally co-produced comedy-drama film directed, written and starred by Elia Suleiman. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. It was selected as the Palestinian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Plot A man escapes Palestine for a new beginning, only to encounter the same problems as back home. Cast Reception , the film holds a approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on reviews, with an average rating of . 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." On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 69 out of 100, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable".