AmericanEast (2008)
Overview
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?
What is AmericanEast about?
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? AmericanEast is a Drama, Romance movie, released on 2008-11-14, runtime 112 minutes.
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Directed by
Hesham Issawi
Cast
- Sayed Badreya as Mustafa Marzouke
- Tony Shalhoub as Sam
- Kais Nashef as Omar
- Sarah Shahi as Salwah Marzoke
- Erick Avari as Fikry
- Virginia Hamilton as Casting Director
- Tim Guinee as John Westerman
- Manny Kleinmuntz as Ben Bloom
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