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AmericanEast (2008)

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AmericanEast (2008)

Genre

Drama

Release Date

November 14, 2008

Studio

Distant Horizons

Official Site

http://www.americaneastmovie.com/

Information

Genre

Drama

Release Date

November 14, 2008

MPAA Rating

R

Duration

110 minute(s)

Production Budget

2.5

Studio

Distant Horizons

Official Site

http://www.americaneastmovie.com/

Cast and Crew

Director

Hesham Issawi

Producer

Brian Cox, Anant Singh, Ahmad Zahra

Screenwriter

Hesham Issawi, Sayed Badreya

Starring

Erick Avari
Anthony Azizi
Sayed Badreya
Tony Shalhoub
Sarah Shahi as Salwah
Tony Plana
Amanda Detmer

Synopsis

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 price the American dream?

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