IMDb RATING
7.0/10
3.7K
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A drama centered on the trials and tribulations of a proud Palestinian Christian immigrant single mother and her teenage son in small town Illinois.A drama centered on the trials and tribulations of a proud Palestinian Christian immigrant single mother and her teenage son in small town Illinois.A drama centered on the trials and tribulations of a proud Palestinian Christian immigrant single mother and her teenage son in small town Illinois.
- Awards
- 9 wins & 19 nominations
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Yussuf Abu-Warda
- Nabeel Halaby
- (as Yussef Abu Warda)
Jeff Button
- Jason
- (as Jeff Sutton)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThere were no White Castles in Winnepeg, where it was filmed, so the White Castle company had the supplies for one trucked there. It never sold food, but people kept trying to order from it.
- GoofsInterviews and luggage searches are performed by people with "Airport Security" patches on their uniforms. These jobs would be performed by Customs officers and Immigration officers.
- SoundtracksArabian Sea
Written by David Hilker, John Costello
Performed by John Costello
Published by BIGBUZZ Music (BMI) / Music Whirled Publishing (BMI)
Courtesy of Wild Whirled Music
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1st watched 1/1/2012 – 8 out of 10 (Dir-Cherien Dabis): Well made drama about a single mother and her son moving from Bethlehem in Palestine to the US, and encounter many different obstacles upon their arrival. This movie is what you'd call a slice-of-life film but focused on a situation that isn't shown much in the movies. They decide to move right in the middle of the Iraq conflict to help the son with his schooling possibilities while suspicions are high against people from their area. This is seen from the perspective of non-Muslim middle eastern folk who just want to live their lives like everyone else. The son first has to encounter being a teen at a Midwest high school where he gets into fights and then gets arrested defending his mother – so things aren't so kind for him in his new surroundings. Nisreen Faour is wonderful as the mother and the rest of the cast is spot on. The experience is not all gloom-and-doom as the mother meets a sympathetic Polish Jew who is the principal of her son's school as well as a friendly teen she works with at the local White Castle. The only real downside to the movie is that it ends too soon. You get attached to these characters and want to see more, but it ends before any major conclusions – other than the fact that life will go on and things are looking up. Don't miss this gem of a movie that deserves a sequel or maybe a reality series on a cable channel?? – Anything to bring back these characters so will can follow them to see how things turn out in the end.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Amerrika
- Filming locations
- Chicago, Illinois, USA(Highway scenes driving to Indiana from Chicago O'Hare.)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $627,436
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $58,823
- Sep 6, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $2,176,304
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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