AmericanEast
2008 · ★ 5.9 · Dir. Hesham Issawi
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 is the price of the American dream?
- Released
- 2008-11-14
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Rated
- R
- Language
- EN
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Sayed Badreya
Mustafa Marzouke
Tony Shalhoub
Sam
Kais Nashef
Omar
Sarah Shahi
Salwah Marzoke
Erick Avari
Fikry
Virginia Hamilton
Casting Director
Tim Guinee
John Westerman
