Amreeka

Amreeka

Life's best adventures are journeys of the heart.

2009 en 96 minutes

Rating: 6.7

Plot

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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Cast

Nisreen Faour

Nisreen Faour

Muna Farah

Melkar Muallem

Melkar Muallem

Fadi Farah

Hiam Abbass

Hiam Abbass

Raghda Halaby

Alia Shawkat

Alia Shawkat

Salma Halaby

Jenna Kawar

Jenna Kawar

Rana Halaby

Joseph Ziegler

Joseph Ziegler

Stan Novatski

Yussuf Abu-Warda

Yussuf Abu-Warda

Nabeel Halaby

Selena Haddad

Selena Haddad

Lamis Halaby

Amer Hlehel

Amer Hlehel

Samer

Suheila Muallem

Suheila Muallem

Jamie

Brodie Sanderson

Brodie Sanderson

Matt

Andrew Sannie

Andrew Sannie

James

Daniel Boiteau

Daniel Boiteau

Mike

Jeff Button

Jeff Button

Jason

Miriam Smith

Miriam Smith

Bank Employee

Kristen Sawatzky

Kristen Sawatzky

Female Airport Official

Ernie Pitts

Ernie Pitts

Male Airport Official

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