AmericanEast

IMDb 5.6 2008 • 112 min • DramaRomance

Director

Hesham Issawi

Country

US

Plot Summary

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?

Top Cast

Sayed Badreya
Sayed Badreya Mustafa Marzouke
Tony Shalhoub
Tony Shalhoub Sam
Kais Nashef
Kais Nashef Omar
Sarah Shahi
Sarah Shahi Salwah Marzoke
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