Official Competition Feature Film
Layla, a newlywed Palestinian schoolteacher is falsely arrested and jailed in an Israeli prison where she gives birth to her son. Inspired by a true story, the film traces a young mother’s struggle to raise her child behind bars, and her journey of hope, resilience and survival against all odds.
Duration: 103 minutes
Nationality: Palestine
Production year: 2015
Director: Mai Masri
Email : rshamdan@cyberia.net.lb / Charlotte.UZU@lesfilmsdici.fr
Cast : Karim Saleh - Maisa AbdElhadi
3000 Nights (2015)
Mai Masri A Palestinian filmmaker. She directed several films that were widely rewarded and screened worldwide: 33 Days (2007), Beirut Diaries (2006), Frontiers of Dreams and Fears (2001), Children of Shatila (1998), A Woman of Her Time (1995), Children of Fire (1990), War Generation – Beirut (1989)
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