The pointed, emotional story of a divorced Palestinian woman and her son who immigrate to the U.S. just after the invasion of Iraq, "Amreeka" brings a keen eye as well as a feeling for affectionate human comedy to a fraught situation, avoiding both stridency and sentimentality in the process. Read Kenneth Turan's review of "Amreeka" at latimes.comAmreeka
Muna (Nisreen Faour), a divorced Palestinian woman, leaves the West Bank with Fadi (Melkar Muallem), her teenaged sun, to the city of Illinois. Both mother and son hope to start a new life in America but go through a difficult transition. Fadi must adapt to the hallways and classrooms of his new high school. And Muna must keep up with the pace cooking hamburgers at a local White Castle.
Opened September 4, 2009 Runtime:1 hr. 36 min.
Cast: Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Alia Shawkat
Director: Cherien Dabis
Genres: Psychological Drama, Drama
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