AmericanEast

November. 14,2008      R
Rating:
6.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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?

Sayed Badreya as  Mustafa Marzouke
Tony Shalhoub as  Sam
Sarah Shahi as  Salwah Marzoke
Erick Avari as  Fikry
Virginia Hamilton as  Casting Director
Tim Guinee as  John Westerman

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