3000 Nights

2015 | France, Jordan, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Qatar | NR | 103 min.

Showings

Bijou by the Bay Fri, Jul 29, 2016 6:00 PM
Film Info
Section:Foreign Official Selection: Narrative
Release Year:2015
Runtime:103 min.
Rating:NR
Production Country:France
Jordan
Lebanon
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Original Language:Arabic
Hebrew
Subtitles:English
Cast/Crew Info
Cast:Maisa Abd Elhadi
Nadira Omran
Rakeen Saad
Raida Adon
Abeer Zeibak Haddad
Director:Mai Masri
Produced by:Mai Masri
Sabine Sidawi-Hamdan
Charlotte Uzu
Screenwriter:Mai Masri
Cinematography:Gilles Porte
Editing By:Michèle Tyan

Description

Let’s say you’re a kind woman who lives in Palestine and you give a ride to a boy in need of help. Later, the boy is accused of being a terrorist, and you’re accused of aiding and abetting. Do you lie on the stand and incriminate him in order to avoid punishment? This is the agonizing dilemma facing Layla, a newlywed Palestinian schoolteacher whose well-intentioned deed has tragic consequences. Refusing to say that the boy threatened her, she is sentenced to prison—and once there, discovers she’s pregnant. Pressured to have an abortion, she instead makes the very risky choice of giving birth and raising her child behind bars. Documentary filmmaker Mai Masri uses her keen eye for realism to bring riveting nuance to her first feature, a stirring celebration of courage in the face of injustice, and a testament to the power of a mother’s love in the darkest of circumstances.

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