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Status: Released

Runtime: 96

Budget: $0

Revenue: $0

Languages: ar, en

Webpage: Link

Release Info

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  2009-01-17
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Plot Keywords

• illinois
• white castle

Alternative Titles

• Amerrika

Content Score: 100

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Overview

Eager to provide a better future for her son, Fadi (Melkar Muallem), divorcée Muna Farah (Nisreen Faour) 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 (Hiam Abbass), and brother-in-law, Nabeel (Yussuf Abu-Warda). Cherien Dabis writes and directs.

Tagline

Life's best adventures are journeys of the heart.

Crew

Director:	Cherien Dabis
Writer:	Cherien Dabis

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Cast

Nisreen Faour as Muna Farah Melkar Muallem as Fadi Farah Hiam Abbass as Raghda Halaby Alia Shawkat as Salma Halaby

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Genres

• Drama
• Indie

Production Companies

First Generation Films, Alcina Pictures, Buffalo Gal Pictures, Levantine Entertainment, Eagle Vision Media Group, Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ, Manitoba Film & Music, Maximum Film International, National Geographic Entertainment, R.A. Abdoo & Co., Rotana Studios, Showtime Arabia, Violet Jabara Foundation

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