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AmericanEast

2008-11-14 | Drama / Romance
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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?

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Sayed Badreya Mustafa Marzouke
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Genre Drama Plot outline A family man (Badreya) opens an authentic Middle Eastern restaurant with his best friend, who's Jewish.

Genre Drama Plot outline A family man (Badreya) opens an authentic Middle Eastern restaurant with his best friend, who's Jewish.

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"American East" is a timely portrait about arab-americans living post 9/11 Los Angeles.

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AmericanEast" is a timely, poignant drama about Arab-Americans living in post-9/11 Los Angeles. The story examines long-held ...

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Race and Ethnicity class project.

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Tony Shalhoub talking about his movie "AmericanEast"

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AmericanEast" is a timely, poignant drama about Arab-Americans living in post-9/11 Los Angeles. The story examines long-held ...

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The genre of AmericanEast is Drama,Romance.
The full version of AmericanEast is provided by Tubi TV , Apple iTunes , Vudu , Amazon Video
The director of AmericanEast is Hesham Issawi.
The release date of AmericanEast is November 14, 2008.
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?.
The runtime of AmericanEast is 112 minutes.
On October 04, 2024, there were 1954 public reaction to AmericanEast including spoon-feeding, potty-mouthed, precise directing, Based on TV Series, crammed plot .
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On October 04, 2024, the IMDB rating of AmericanEast is 6.1/10, Rotten Tomato rating is 0/100, Metacritic rating is 0/100, TMDB rating is 6.0/10.
The casts of AmericanEast are Sayed Badreya starring as Mustafa Marzouke, Tony Shalhoub starring as Sam, Kais Nashef starring as Omar, Sarah Shahi starring as Salwah Marzoke, Erick Avari starring as Fikry, Virginia Hamilton starring as Casting Director.