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AmericanEast (2008)

1h 52m · 14 Nov 2008
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Summer in L.A., it's hot. Homeland Security has set the threat level at red; they're searching for several Arabs alleged to be terrorists. Mustafa, an Egyptian immigrant who runs a falafel shop, comes to the FBI's attention; they investigate him. He has other problems: his young teen son no longer wants to be a Muslim; his sister, a nurse, objects to Mustafa arranging her marriage to a cousin from Egypt. She has a non-Arab suitor of her own. Omar, an employee of Mustafa, is a struggling actor who doesn't want to play only terrorists. Mustafa hopes to open a real restaurant and has a potential partner in Sam, a Jew, whose family objects. What is the price of the American dream?

Movie ID95062
GenreDrama, Romance
DirectorHesham Issawi
Main castSayed Badreya, Tony Shalhoub, Kais Nashef, Sarah Shahi, Erick Avari, Virginia Hamilton, Tim Guinee, Manny Kleinmuntz
Release date14 November 2008
Release year2008
LanguageArabic
Duration112 min (1h 52m)
Rating5.6 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseDistant Horizon

Director: Hesham Issawi
Writers: Hesham Issawi, Sayed Badreya

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Sayed BadreyaMustafa Marzouke Tony ShalhoubSam
Kais NashefOmar
Sarah ShahiSalwah Marzoke Erick AvariFikry Virginia HamiltonCasting Director Tim GuineeJohn Westerman
Manny KleinmuntzBen Bloom

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