Film of the Week #7

May 13th - 20th 2020

3000 Nights (2015)

Drama, 1h 43m

Layal is a newlywed Palestinian schoolteacher who is falsely accused and incarcerated in an Israeli prison, where she gives birth to a baby boy. Through her struggle to protect her child and her relationship with the prisoners around her, she finds the strength to stand up for herself and fight for her son.

Layal is a newlywed Palestinian schoolteacher who is falsely accused and incarcerated in an Israeli prison, where she gives birth to a baby boy. Through her struggle to protect her child and her relationship with the prisoners around her, she finds the strength to stand up for herself and fight for her son.

Directed and Written by: Mai Masri

Produced by: Nour Productions, Les Films D'ici, Orjouane Productions

Starring: Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadira Omran, Rakeen Saad, Raeda Adon, Abeer Hadad, Anaheed Fayyad, Haifa Agha, Khitam Edelbi, Hana Chamoun, Izabel Ramadan, Laura Hawwa, Karim Saleh, Ahmad Al-Omari, Yussef Abu-Warda, Eman Hayel, George Khleifi, Hussein Nakhleh, Zaid Qada'