Amreeka Page #6

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
790 Views


I found one that you qualify for,

but the APR is kind of high.

- It's okay.

- Well, great!

Come on back and we'll see

if we can get you approved.

Thank you.

Please...

I don't speak much

these days.

Please don't...

Accidental bombing...

We have to live our life.

I start to believe

Raghda was right.

To go where?

It was successful.

Yani, don't worry.

I will help you with that.

But I need you

to do something for me.

Sorry.

Okay...

- We put a little bit tahini.

- Come on!

Next time, I will make it

with Arabic salad.

- Okay.

- Tomato... cucumber...

Yeah, yeah.

- This is good stuff.

- I told you.

Seriously though,

you can add something here.

Must be like...

White Castle's

New Falafel Burger!

- Oh yeah.

- Yeah.

- For vegetarian, why not?

- Yeah.

So, how you say 'delicious'

in Arabic?

- Zaki.

- Zaaki?

Well, that is so zaaki.

Cheers!

Why you do like this?

Why, you don't like it?

No, I like it.

I don't know. I guess

I think it's cool.

Makes me different.

You like to be different?

Well, yeah. Like why would I want to be

just like everybody else, you know?

It's what I hated

about high school.

It's that... you're punished

if you don't fit in. It's stupid.

It's why I dropped out.

You dropped from school?

Yeah, it's not

a big deal though, like,

I'm still gonna

get my GED.

It's-- I don't want

to go to high school.

It's too much of bullshit.

Don't-- Don't f*** me like that.

I can't go to my uncle--

Two cheeseburgers...

Hey. Hey, um...

How's your son?

You know my son?

Yeah, I know-- Yeah, I know

everybody knows Osama.

- Nice one!

- $8.99.

Tell your son

that I said hi.

Take your food and go away.

This is a free country.

I don't have to go anywhere.

- Why don't you get out of here?

- Go back where you came from, okay?

You guys just go.

You shut the hell up, f*ggot.

Shame on you.

Have some respect.

Go away from here.

I will call the police now.

Go away! Go!

Go!

I said go!

Jesus! Are you okay?

Muna?

Okay, I see a van.

Does he drive a van?

- Yeah.

- Okay. Yeah, here, here.

Why didn't you call

the ambulance?

I tried.

She wouldn't let me.

It's okay.

I don't have any...

No, no, no, no!

Just relax and stay where you are.

I'm going to check

a few things.

Okay.

They said

they know my son.

- You have any tingling?

- No.

- How about now?

- No.

Wallahi,

it's not a big deal.

I don't know.

I'm stupid, tayyib.

Mama, you're not stupid!

Don't say that.

Tayib, it doesn't sound like

you have anything to do with this.

- Can you turn on your side?

- Yeah, okay.

Okay.

Does this hurt?

This might hurt.

The muscles on the side

of your spine

are in spasm...

Where should we take her

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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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