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It Must Be Heaven

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 2019 internationally co-produced comedy film directed by elia suleiman”. Today it says “a 2019 internationally co-produced comedy-drama film directed”.
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It Must Be Heaven ( Arabic : إن شئت كما في السماء , romanized : ʾin šiʾtu kamā fīs-samāʾ , lit. ' If you wish, as in 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 . "The Screenings Guide 2019" . 9 May 2019 . "Oscars 2020: Filmmaker Elia Suleiman to represent Palestine in Best Foreign Language Film submission" .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 2019 internationally co-produced comedy film directed by elia suleiman”. Today it says “a 2019 internationally co-produced comedy-drama film directed”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

a 2019 internationally co-produced comedy film directed by elia suleiman

Now

a 2019 internationally co-produced comedy-drama film directed

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