CinemaOSMovie · 2008 · 1h 52m · R

AmericanEast

56%(9)IMDbDramaRomance

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?

Directed byHesham Issawi

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 52m
Language
EN
Released
November 14, 2008
Studios
Distant Horizon

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American East Trailer

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Featuring

Cast & crew

8 credited
Starring
Sayed Badreya

Sayed Badreya

Mustafa Marzouke

Tony Shalhoub

Tony Shalhoub

Sam

Kais Nashef

Omar

Sarah Shahi

Sarah Shahi

Salwah Marzoke

Erick Avari

Erick Avari

Fikry

Virginia Hamilton

Virginia Hamilton

Casting Director

Tim Guinee

Tim Guinee

John Westerman

Manny Kleinmuntz

Ben Bloom

Creative team
Directed by
Hesham Issawi
Written by
Hesham Issawi
Sayed Badreya
Sayed Badreya
Produced by
Ahmad Zahra
Ahmad Zahra
Anant Singh
Anant Singh

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