3000 Nights (2015)

Original title

٣٠٠٠ ليلة

Directed by

Mai Almasri

Genre

drama film

Country

Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Lebanon

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

18

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Palestinian woman is imprisoned on false charges and gives birth to a son while in jail. The film follows her struggle to raise her child in captivity and maintain hope.

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What happens

3000 Nights is a 2015 internationally co-produced drama film written and directed by Mai Masri. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film focuses on a Palestinian woman, who gives birth to a son while in jail on false charges. It was selected as the Jordanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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