3000 Nights
aka 3000 Layla First screened in September 2015
Director: Mai Masri. Cast: Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadira Omran, Raida Adon, Rakeen Saad, Hana Chamoun, Izabel Ramadan, Anahid Fayyad, Abeer Zeibak Haddad, Khitam Edelbi, Laura Hawa, Zaid Qoda, Haifa Al-Agha, Ahmad Al Omari, Karim Saleh, Eman Hayel, Hussein Nakhleh, George Khleifi. Screenplay: Mai Masri. Twitter Capsule:
Stirring drama inside Israeli women's prison, with mostly Palestinian inmates. Gutsy takes on solidarity, maternalism.
VOR:③
Potent even when it conforms to expectations, but even more thrilling when it sidesteps them. Not yet a huge stylistic risk-taker, but still has plenty of edges.
