Amreeka (2009)
3.5 of 5 from 47 ratings
1h 36min
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- Synopsis:
"Amreeeka" chronicles the adventures of Muna (Nisreen Faour), a single mother who leaves the West Bank with Fadi (Melkar Muallem), her teenage son, with dreams of an exciting future in the promised land of small town Illinois. In America, as her son navigates high school hallways the way he used to move through military checkpoints, the indomitable Muna scrambles together a new life cooking up falafel burgers as well as hamburger at the local White Castle. Told with heartfelt humor by writer-director Cherien Dabis in her feature film debut, 'Amreeka' is a universal journey into the lives of a family of immigrants and first-generation teenagers caught between their heritage and the new world in which they now live and the bittersweet search for a place to call home. - Actors:
- Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Joseph Ziegler, Amer Hlehel, Selena Haddad, Jenna Kawar, Suheila Muallem, Brodie Sanderson, Andrew Sannie, Daniel Boiteau, Jeff Button, Miriam Smith
- Directors:
- Cherien Dabis
- Producers:
- Cherien Dabis, Alicia Sams, Christina Piovesan, Elizabeth Jarvis, George Khleifi
- Writers:
- Cherien Dabis
- Genres:
- Drama
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