March 31, 2011 • Page Image 79
…vr1 b, ea- _wow Riks'a".4 • MEDITERRANEAN 00/ 0 wi DAILY The backdrop to Miral's arrest is the first intifada; she's in prison in 1987 for suspicion of knowing a PLO activ- ist (her boyfriend). She's only there for 24 hours, which in turn arouses the suspicion of her "friends" in the move- ment. (One of the few things the film gets right is the way that young revo- lutionary movements have of turning inward and destroying their own.) Th...…

















































