Amreeka(Movie, 2009)

Name: Amreeka
Genre: Drama
Released: 2009
Duration: T01:36:00
Rating: 3.5

1h 36min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.5/5 (with 24 votes)

Amreeka is a 2009 independent film written and directed by first-time director Cherien Dabis. It stars Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Joseph Ziegler, and Miriam Smith. Amreeka documents the lives of a Palestinian American family in both the West Bank and Post-9/11 suburban Chicago. It premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and opened to critical praise at a number of other important venues. National Geographic Entertainment bought all theatrical and home entertainment rights to Amreeka after its debut at Sundance. ()

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About Amreeka

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.

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Additional Information

Official websites:

www.amreeka.com

Production countries: United Arab Emirates (UAE), Canada, Jordan, Kuwait, United States of America (USA)

Made by: Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ, Buffalo Gal Pictures, National Geographic, Manitoba Film & Music, First Generation Films, Alcina Pictures, Levantine Entertainment, Eagle Vision Media Group, Maximum Film International, R.A. Abdoo & Co., Rotana Studios, Showtime Arabia, Violet Jabara Foundation

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: Arabic (AR), English (EN)

Translated into 11 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 01/17/2009 (World premiere: 06/17/2009)

Cast: Nisreen Faour, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Amer Hlehel, Yussuf Abu Warda

Director: Cherien Dabis

Producer: Rotana Studios

Screenwriter: Cherien Dabis

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Amerrika"

"樂透美國夢"

Keywords: white castle, illinois, woman director

Revenue: 2,176,304 USD

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