Directed by:
Cherien DabisScreenplay:
Cherien DabisComposer:
Kareem RoustomCast:
Nisreen Faour, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Will Woytowich, Aaron Hughes, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Arne MacPherson, Glen Thompson, Joseph Ziegler, Melkar Muallem (more)Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Nisreen Faour
Best movies:
Amreeka (2009)
Hiam Abbass
Israel
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
The Promise (2011) (series)
The Visitor (2007)
Alia Shawkat
USA
Best movies:
I Lost My Body (2019)
First Cow (2019)
Amreeka (2009)
Will Woytowich
Canada
Best movies:
Capote (2005)
The Good Life (2007)
Fractured (2019)
Aaron Hughes
Best movies:
Amreeka (2009)
Champions (2023)
The Capture of the Green River Killer (2008) (series)
Yussuf Abu-Warda
Best movies:
For My Father (2008)
Amreeka (2009)
Sacred (1999)
Arne MacPherson
Canada
Best movies:
The Murdoch Mysteries (2004) (series)
Amreeka (2009)
The Capture of the Green River Killer (2008) (series)
Joseph Ziegler
Best movies:
The Matthew Shepard Story (2002) (TV movie)
Amreeka (2009)
Focus (2001)
Melkar Muallem
Best movies:
Amreeka (2009)
Tom Anniko
Canada
Best movies:
Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story (2013) (TV movie)
The Murdoch Mysteries (2004) (series)
Amreeka (2009)
Adriana O'Neil
Best movies:
The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
Amreeka (2009)
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
Bradley Sawatzky
Canada
Miriam Smith
Best movies:
Capote (2005)
Amreeka (2009)
Breakthrough (2019)