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America So Beautiful

Oct 11, 2001

1h 31m

★ 6.0

Overview

This film follows the odyssey of a group of Iranian immigrants in Los Angeles, trying to find their place in America amidst the unfolding of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Exiled actress

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Houshang

Mansour

Parviz

David Diaan

Lucy

Diane Gaidry

Sahmi

Houshang Touzie

Hamid (as Alan De Satti)

Ally Porabas

Maryam

Atossa Leoni

Girlfriend

Hallie Bird

Kamilla Bjorlin

John Cato

Uncle Sam/Accordionist/Fantasy Bouncer

Michael Tuba Heatherton

American girl

Zakareth Ruben

Monique is a 35 year old French woman, living in New York. The daughter of a French diplomat who has remarried, Monique has no financial worries, and holds a good job with a publishing firm. She finds relationships difficult, and frequently suffers acute depression. Her nights are filled with strange dreams, and apparitions of flashing lights.

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6.4

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5.8

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7.6

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5.9

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7.6

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6.3

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6.0

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2.0

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2.7

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6.8

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0.0

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6.2

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5.4

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