Amreeka | movie | 2009 | Official Trailer
Eager to provide a better future for her son, Fadi, divorcée Muna Farah leaves her Palestinian homeland and takes up re | dG1fbkhlRDVKQ3NqU3M
Transcript
00:00 [AUDIO OUT]
00:06 - Citizenship?
00:07 - We don't have.
00:08 - You don't have citizenship.
00:10 Where are you from?
00:11 Israel?
00:11 - No, no.
00:12 It's the Palestinian territory.
00:13 - Occupation?
00:15 - Yes.
00:16 It is occupied for 40 years.
00:18 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:20 - [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:21 - Welcome to America.
00:22 - Thank you.
00:23 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:27 - He has more credits than most of our graduates.
00:30 You did something right.
00:31 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:33 - He can't wear things like this.
00:35 He'll look like an FOB.
00:36 - A what?
00:37 - Fresh off the boat.
00:38 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:40 - I'm interested in a bookkeeper job.
00:43 I have to decrease 10 years experience.
00:46 - I came from Palestine.
00:47 You know her?
00:48 - Who?
00:48 - Palestine.
00:49 - Is that a Jewish-speaking country?
00:51 - No, Arabic.
00:52 I am an Arab.
00:53 - Don't blow the place up.
00:56 - Fadi Farah?
00:58 - It's Fadi.
00:59 He's my cousin.
01:00 - I take it that's your mom?
01:02 - I got a job.
01:03 [CHEERING]
01:05 - You work here?
01:06 - Yes.
01:07 I'm Muna.
01:07 I'll have the diet Coke.
01:09 - You like to lose weight?
01:10 - Excuse me?
01:11 - You like me.
01:12 We are fat and dimidim.
01:13 - Let's just stick with welcome to White Castle.
01:16 - So what does this mean?
01:16 Is it over?
01:17 - Are you kidding?
01:18 This is just the beginning.
01:18 - You want to fight with me?
01:20 - Yeah.
01:20 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:21 - My brother is over there trying
01:23 to give them a chance at freedom.
01:24 - Kids, you're about one Muslim extremist.
01:26 Suddenly, all Muslims are extremists.
01:28 - But they are not.
01:31 - Here's a shocker, Mom.
01:32 We live in America.
01:33 We're American.
01:34 - As long as you live in this house, you live in Palestine.
01:36 [EXPLOSION]
01:39 - I was married for 11 years.
01:42 My husband and another woman, she made me look so fat.
01:46 - You're not at all fat.
01:47 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:50 - Perfect.
01:51 I like that.
01:51 - Go, Fadi.
01:52 Go, Fadi.
01:53 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:56 - Seriously, Manara, you could have something here.
01:58 White Castle's new falafel burger.
01:59 - Oh, yeah.
02:01 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:04 [LAUGHTER]
02:08 [LAUGHTER]
02:12 [MUSIC PLAYING]
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