Amreeka

Jun 17, 2009

1h 36m

★ 6.7

Life's best adventures are journeys of the heart.

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

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

Amreeka Trailers

Cast

Muna Farah

Nisreen Faour

Fadi Farah

Melkar Muallem

Raghda Halaby

Hiam Abbass

Salma Halaby

Alia Shawkat

Rana Halaby

Jenna Kawar

Stan Novatski

Joseph Ziegler

Nabeel Halaby

Yussuf Abu-Warda

Lamis Halaby

Selena Haddad

Samer

Amer Hlehel

Jamie

Suheila Muallem

Matt

Brodie Sanderson

James

Andrew Sannie

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