Amreeka (2009)
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.
- Released
- 2009-06-17
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Cherien Dabis
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 from 64 votes
Cast
- Nisreen Faour as Muna Farah
- Melkar Muallem as Fadi Farah
- Hiam Abbass as Raghda Halaby
- Alia Shawkat as Salma Halaby
- Jenna Kawar as Rana Halaby
- Joseph Ziegler as Stan Novatski
- Yussuf Abu-Warda as Nabeel Halaby
- Selena Haddad as Lamis Halaby
- Amer Hlehel as Samer
- Suheila Muallem as Jamie
- Brodie Sanderson as Matt
- Andrew Sannie as James