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Amreeka

Film

Amreeka

Life's best adventures are journeys of the heart.

6.7

1h 36m

2009

“Life's best adventures are journeys of the heart.”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Cherien Dabis

Trailer

Drama

illinoiswhite castlewoman director

Cast & Crew

Nisreen Faour

as Muna Farah

Melkar Muallem

as Fadi Farah

Hiam Abbass

Hiam Abbass

as Raghda Halaby

Alia Shawkat

Alia Shawkat

as Salma Halaby

Jenna Kawar

as Rana Halaby

Joseph Ziegler

as Stan Novatski

Yussuf Abu-Warda

Yussuf Abu-Warda

as Nabeel Halaby

Selena Haddad

as Lamis Halaby

Amer Hlehel

Amer Hlehel

as Samer

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