Rueben's Ramblings

The Sundance TV original 8-part mini-series The Honorable Woman will debut on July 31 at 10 PM.

The film follows Nessa Stein (Maggie Gyllenhaal), whose father was a Zionist arms procurer; as children, she and her brother witness his assassination. Years later, after inheriting her father’s company, she dramatically inverts its purpose from supplying arms to laying high-spec data cabling networks between Israel and the West Bank.

Now in her thirties, her sudden appointment to the House of Lords, apparently due to her tireless promotion of projects for reconciliation between the Israelis and Palestinians, creates an international political maelstrom.

The cast includes Janet McTeer (Damages), Stephen Rea (The Crying Game) and Tobias Menzies (the upcoming Outlander).