AmericanEast (2008)
110 min
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?
- Release date
- November 14, 2008
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Sayed Badreya as Mustafa Marzoke
- Erick Avari as Fikry
- Anthony Azizi as Murad
- Amanda Detmer as Kate
- Nasser Faris as Sabir
- Kais Nashif as Omar Nasser
- Tony Shalhoub as Sam
- Ray Wise as Agent Stevens
- Alfre Woodard as Angela Jensen
- Tony Plana as Dez
Crew
- Hesham Issawi · Director
- Sayed Badreya · Writer
- Brian Cox · Writer
- Hesham Issawi · Writer
- Brian Cox · Producer
- Anant Singh · Producer
- Ahmad Zahra · Producer
- Tony Humecke · Composer
- Michael G. Wojciechowski · Cinematographer
- Chris Wright · Editor
- Gillian O'Neill · Casting director
- Frank Bollinger · Production designer