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Synopsis: Muna, a single mother in Ramallah, has applied for a visa to the US. When it comes, her son Fadi, an excellent student, convinces her they should go. After an incident at customs begins their exile badly, they join Muna's sister and family in Illinois. Muna needs a job: although she has two degrees and 15 years' experience in banking, she settles for work at White Castle, telling the family her job's at a nearby bank. It's spring, 2003, and the US invades Iraq. While friends come from unlikely places, Fadi meets prejudice at school. How he'll respond to it and to American youth culture and how Muna will sort things out with her family are the rest of the story. Tragedy or hope?
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Cherien Dabis
Production: National Geographic
  9 wins & 18 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
73
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
PG-13
Year:
2009
96 min
$417,889
Website
783 Views


See you tomorrow.

Thank you.

I don't care.

But you don't listen.

You know that.

Nabeel. Nabeel!

- Hello?

- Momma?

Muna!

Nice!

They couldn't even

spell it right.

Nelson...

I make more than this.

Taxes, Muna.

That much for taxes?

I see hungry people.

One minute, please.

Listen, it's a big problem

for me.

I need the money now!

Maybe I can take

an advance.

Nelson...

We should really teach

the guy a lesson, then.

We should kick his ass.

Being anti-warrior,

you're kinda violent.

But yeah,

we should definitely kick his ass.

- What do you say?

- No.

It only make

Mike more pissed off.

I think we should give him

a dose of his own medicine, you know?

Yeah, man.

You gotta stop being so nice.

Toughen up, you know.

Show those guys

who's boss.

How?

You okay?

You were good enough.

First learn

how to smoke a joint.

I smoked one...

one before. Sort of.

Okay, not really.

But I thought about it.

Dude, you need

some major help.

Take off that jacket.

- Why?

- Just take it off.

You look horrible.

Just take it off.

Untuck your shirt.

Yeah.

Oh, I got something!

I got something.

You gotta wear your sh*t

loose, you know?

Okay.

Like you don't

give a sh*t.

Okay. Try this one.

I like that.

- Yeah.

- It's nice?

It's alright.

Try that, though.

- Nice!

- That's perfect.

It's perfect.

- Yeah? Hardcore, like this.

- Yeah.

Yeah, like you know sh*t.

- Go, Fadi. Go, Fadi.

- Go, Fadi. Oh, yeah.

I'm keeping one

beside the door.

And one beside my bed.

Who plays baseball?

Mom...

Does Dad live

in the basement now?

Well, please stop laughing.

- I'm not the one laughing.

- You're the one laughing!

She steals

all the covers in bed.

She's like Godzilla in the...

in the bedroom.

Moms-- they have

some love in their...

- Yeah.

- ...their hearts.

Dude, man,

I'm messed up.

You say "dude" too much, man.

You're all American and sh*t.

Dude, you sleep

with your mom?

Yeah, I've been...

- It's not cool.

- Cause that sh*t will mess you up.

- Seriously. Dude, I'm just saying.

- Why do you always care about sex?

- It will mess you up.

- What do you think about in your head?

Or what

do you care about?

Number one, sex,

number one...

Cheeseburgers,

number two.

Double with bacon...

Hey! You came from sex.

Dude, I don't wanna have it in me.

I don't wanna have it.

Yo, guys.

Check who's here?

- Who's here?

- Mike.

Oh, sh*t.

Are you serious?

- Okay.

- I hate that guy.

- Seriously.

- Yeah, me too.

Do you guys

wanna have some fun?

I feel I don't think

it's a good idea.

What if someone

sees us?

Who cares?

Hurry up,

someone's coming.

Run!

Go, go, go, go, go!

You're dead now.

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Cherien Dabis

Cherien Dabis (born 1976) (Arabic: شيرين دعيبس‎) is a Palestinian-American director, producer, and screenwriter. She was named one of Variety magazine's 10 Directors to Watch in 2009. more…

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