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Quick Facts

DirectorCherien Dabis

Runtime1h 36m

GenresDrama

Release2009-06-17

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Film

Amreeka

Name: Amreeka
Released: 2009-06-17

2009· 1h 36m· Drama

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

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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Key Crew

DirectorCherien Dabis

WriterCherien Dabis

ProducerChristina Piovesan

Director of PhotographyTobias Datum

Original Music ComposerKareem Roustom

EditorKeith Reamer

Full cast & crew (17 cast · 19 crew)

Details

Released2009-06-17

Runtime1h 36m

StatusReleased

StudiosFirst Generation Films · Alcina Pictures · Buffalo Gal Pictures

Box office$2M

LanguagesArabic · English · French

CountriesCanada · Jordan · Kuwait · United Arab Emirates · United States of America

Rating6.7/10 · 58 votes

Original languageen

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