Shana is the story of a Moroccan-Jewish woman trying to get her life together. She's in a dead-end job, trying to get ahead through questionable means and boyfriend who is less than ideal. When her grandmother passes away it sets in motion a series of events after she is left a ring.
Opening with pictures of the plagues that resulted in the Jews leaving Egypt, the film is a kind of representation of "plagues" that visit Shanna and how she deals with them. Its the story of a young woman trying to sort out her life via series of trials.
To be honest I don't know what I think of this film. The problem for me is that Shanna reminds me of several women I've dealt with over the years who I never cared for. They always seemed to think they had their lives together, when in fact they didn't. Like Shana, many of their troubles came from their own choices. As a result, Shana made me nervous. I didn't really want to spend time with her. In a way that's a rave, after all I see the connection to reality, but at the same time the film isn't something I need to see again.
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