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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Cherien Dabis (written by)
Release Date:
17 June 2009 (France) more
Tagline:
Life's best adventures are journeys of the heart.
Plot:
A drama centered on an immigrant single mother and her teenage son in small town Illinois. | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
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(50 articles)
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Huzzah! more (7 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Nisreen Faour | ... | Muna Farah |
| Melkar Muallem | ... | Fadi Farah |
| Hiam Abbass | ... | Raghda Halaby |
 | Alia Shawkat | ... | Salma |
| Jenna Kawar | ... | Rana Halaby |
| Selena Haddad | ... | Lamis Halaby |
| Yussuf Abu-Warda | ... | Nabeel Halaby |
| Joseph Ziegler | ... | Mr. Novatski |
| Andrew Sannie | ... | James |
 | Daniel Boiteau | ... | Mike |
| Brodie Sanderson | ... | Matt |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Aaron Hughes | ... | Police Officer #1 |
| Arne MacPherson | ... | Mike's Dad |
| Craig Matthews | ... | Police officer #2 |
 | Vanessa Mayberry | ... | Sammy |
 | Mike O'Brien | ... | Bank Manager #1 |
 | Adriana O'Neil | ... | Female Bank Manager |
 | Bradley Sawatzky | ... | Parkton Bank Manager |
 | Kristen Sawatzky | ... | Female Official |
 | Glen Thompson | ... | Nelson |
 | Will Woytowich | ... | US Airport Customs Official |
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Rated PG-13 for brief drug use involving teens, and some language.
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Runtime:
USA:96 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:PG-13 (certificate #45380) | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Canada:14A (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec)
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Knowing my deep interest in the subject of Palestine, a friend tipped me off to this movie. "Have you seen the trailer yet?" she asked. "It looks hilarious and beautiful, and poignant".
She wasn't wrong.
Over the last ten or twelve years, I have been gleaning as much information and experience as I can about the Palestine/Israel question. I found this film to be an excellent, genuine portrayal of not only life in occupied Palestine, but also of what life is like for those who choose to emigrate. It isn't a high-budget, high-production value film, but it is sensitively written, superbly acted, and the characters stay with you long after you leave the theater.
Not only that, but it is so heartening to be able to see a movie about Arabs that portrays them simply as people instead of terrorists, and is honest about the kind of racism they face in this country on a regular basis. Lets see more of these kinds of films, please! Mabrook to all those who worked on this gorgeous film!