3000 Nights (2015)

3000 NIGHTS  (2015)  ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
    D: Mai Masri
    Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadira Omran, Rakeen Saad,
    Raida Adon, Abeer Zeibak Haddad, IzabelRamadan
This movie's about finding humanity in a hellhole, along with a lot of hell. Its protagonist is a young Palestinian schoolteacher sentenced to eight years in an Israeli prison for her role in a terrorist incident she claims she had nothing to do with. There's no real evidence against her, but she was in the wrong place at the wrong time helping somebody out, and that's enough. It's a formula prison flick, but it's handled with skill and a sense of purpose, and the political dimension gives it a definite edge. There are a couple of hard lessons you can learn from a movie like this. Don't ever get caught in the wrong place at the wrong time in the occupied territories, even if you're just doing somebody a favor, and especially if you're Palestinian. And whatever you're planning to do with the next eight years of your life, spending any part of it in an Israeli prison is not a good idea.