Release Date

14 Nov, 2008

Runtime

01:52: (HH:MM)

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 is the price of the American dream?

Original Title

AmericanEast

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Actors

Sayed Badreya

Tony Shalhoub

Kais Nashef

Sarah Shahi

Erick Avari

Virginia Hamilton

Tim Guinee

Manny Kleinmuntz

Crew

Hesham Issawi

Hesham Issawi

Sayed Badreya

Mohannad Malas

Sudhir Pragjee

Anant Singh

Sanjeev Singh

Ahmad Zahra

Tony Humecke

Michael G. Wojciechowski

Gillian O'Neill

Frank Bollinger

Amanda Rosbrook

Julie Drach