Amreeka
Virgil Films And Entertainment (2009)
Drama
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IMDB   7.1
1 hr 36 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   PG-13
Nisreen Faour Muna Farah
Melkar Muallem Fadi Farah
Hiam Abbass Raghda Halaby
Alia Shawkat Salma
Jenna Kawar Rana Halaby
Selena Haddad Lamis Halaby
Yussuf Abu-Warda Nabeel Halaby
Joseph Ziegler Mr. Novatski
Andrew Sannie James
Daniel Boiteau Mike
Brodie Sanderson Matt
Adriana O'Neil Female Bank Manager
Will Woytowich US Airport Customs Official
Arne MacPherson Mike's Dad
Vanessa Mayberry Sammy
Director
Cherien Dabis
Producer Alicia Sams
Christina Piovesan
Writer Cherien Dabis


Amreeka chronicles the adventures of Muna, a single mother who leaves the West Bank with Fadi, her teenage son, with dreams of an exciting future in the promised land of small town Illinois. In America, as her son navigates high school hallways the way he used to move through military checkpoints, the indomitable Muna scrambles together a new life cooking up falafel burgers as well as hamburgers at the local White Castle. Told with heartfelt humor by writer-director Cherien Dabis in her feature film debut, Amreeka is a universal journey into the lives of a family of immigrants and first-generation teenagers caught between their heritage and the new world in which they now live and the bittersweet search for a place to call home. Amreeka recalls Dabis's family's memories of their lives in rural America during the first Iraq War. The film stars Haifa-trained actress Nisreen Faour as Muna, and Melkar Muallen plays her 16-year-old son, Fadi. Also in the cast are Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Yussef Abu-Warda and Joseph Ziegler. Written and directed by Cherien Dabis, Amreeka was produced by Christina Piovesan and Paul Barkin. Alicia Sams, Dabis and Gregory Keever were executive producers; Liz Jarvis and Al-Zain Al-Sabah were co-producers. Amreeka made its world premiere in dramatic competition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, and played as Opening Night of New Directors/New Films, a co-presentation of The Museum of Modern Art and The Film Society of Lincoln Center. Amreeka made its debut internationally in Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.
Edition Details
Release Date 1/12/2010
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Stereo [Arabic]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
"Make A Wish" - A Short Film From Director Cherien Dabis Deleted Scenes Outtakes