Film
Amreeka
2009 · 1h 36m · Drama
Life's best adventures are journeys of the heart.
- IMDb
- 7.0
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 87%
- Metacritic
- 73
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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.
Cast
Nisreen Faour
Muna Farah
Melkar Muallem
Fadi Farah
Hiam Abbass
Raghda Halaby
Alia Shawkat
Salma Halaby
Jenna Kawar
Rana Halaby
Joseph Ziegler
Stan Novatski
Yussuf Abu-Warda
Nabeel Halaby
Selena Haddad
Lamis Halaby
Amer Hlehel
Samer
Suheila Muallem
Jamie
Brodie Sanderson
Matt
Andrew Sannie
James
Daniel Boiteau
Mike
Jeff Button
Jason
Miriam Smith
Bank Employee
Kristen Sawatzky
Female Airport Official
Crew
- Cherien DabisExecutive Producer · Director · Writer
- Paul BarkinProducer
- Christina PiovesanProducer
- Alicia SamsExecutive Producer
- Greg KeeverExecutive Producer
- Tobias DatumDirector of Photography
- Kareem RoustomOriginal Music Composer
- Keith ReamerEditor
- Ellyn Long MarshallCasting
- Maria E. NelsonCasting
Media
Details
- Release date
- June 17, 2009
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Revenue
- $2,176,304
- Genres
- Drama
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