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Amreeka (2009)

Amreeka (2009)

Drama

Life's best adventures are journeys of the heart.

Release Date: 2009, June 17
Directors: Cherien Dabis
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Canada, Jordan, Kuwait, United States of America
Production: First Generation Films, Alcina Pictures, Buffalo Gal Pictures, Levantine Entertainment, Eagle Vision Media Group, Image Nation Abu Dhabi, MFM, Maximum Film International, R.A. Abdoo & Co., Rotana Studios, Showtime Arabia, Violet Jabara Foundation, National Geographic
Cast: Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Amer Hlehel, Ernie Pitts, Brodie Sanderson, Miriam Smith, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Nisreen Faour, Daniel Boiteau, Melkar Muallem, Jenna Kawar, Joseph Ziegler

Overview:

Eager to provide a better future for her son, Fadi, divorcée Muna Farah leaves her Palestinian homeland and takes up residence in rural Illinois -- just in time to encounter the domestic repercussions of America's disastrous war in Iraq. Now, the duo must reinvent their lives with some help from Muna's sister, Raghda, and brother-in-law, Nabeel.

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