Amreeka (2009)

Note Générale:

6,9/10   

Réalisateur:

Cherien Dabis

Scénariste (WGA):

Cherien Dabis (written by)

Date de sortie:

17 juin 2009 (France)

Genre:

Drame

Accroche:

Life's best adventures are journeys of the heart.

Intrigue:

A drama centered on an immigrant single mother and her teenage son in small town Illinois. |

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title

Récompenses:

1 win & 2 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Huzzah!

Ensemble

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
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
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

Réalisé par
Cherien Dabis

Scénaristes (WGA)
Cherien Dabis		(written by)

Produit par
Zain Al-Sabah	....	co-producer
Paul Barkin	....	producer
Cherien Dabis	....	executive producer
Elizabeth Jarvis	....	co-producer
Greg Keever	....	executive producer
George Khleifi	....	line producer: Palestine
Christina Piovesan	....	producer
Alicia Sams	....	executive producer

Musique originale
Kareem Roustom

Image
Tobias Datum

Montage
Keith Reamer

Création des décors
Aidan Leroux

Création des costumes
Patricia J. Henderson

Directeur de production
Marvin Lawrence	....	post-production supervisor

Assistant réalisateur
David Antoniuk	....	first assistant director
Richard Duffy	....	second assistant director
Markian Saray	....	third assistant director

Département Art
Gary Barringer	....	graphic artist
Gary Barringer	....	set designer
Crystal Biloski	....	assistant property master
David Macvicar	....	property master

Technicien du son
Brock Capell	....	production sound mixer
Paul Germann	....	sound effects editor
Rudy Michael	....	foley mixer
Dallas Pomedli	....	boom operator
Scott Shepherd	....	sound re-recording mixer
Marilee Yorston	....	foley artist

Cascadeur
Sean Skene	....	stunt coordinator

Caméra et Département Electrique
Mathieu Cauville	....	second assistant camera
John Clarke	....	gaffer
Vanessa Ireson	....	first assistant camera
Michael Kelly	....	lighting technician
Reil Munro	....	dolly grip
Rebecca Sandulak	....	still photographer
Mohanad Yaqubi	....	electrician: second unit
Mario Zugair	....	gaffer: second unit

Département Casting
Jim Heber	....	casting
Sara Kay	....	casting
Jenny Lewis	....	casting
Joey Ritche	....	casting associate
Lori Stefaniuk	....	extras casting

Département Costume et garde-Robe
Heather Neale	....	truck costume supervisor

Dpartement Editorial
Jim Fleming	....	digital intermediate colorist
Chris Haufe	....	colorist
James Nichols Jr.	....	first assistant editor
Misako Shimizu	....	assistant editor

Département Musique
Doug Bernheim	....	music supervisor
Malik Williams	....	composer: additional music

Divers
Rhia Alcantara	....	assistant production coordinator
Neal Baksh	....	assistant location manager
Paul Courchaine	....	first assistant accountant
Ken Dhaliwal	....	production counsel
Indira Guha	....	legal consultant
Michelle Angela King	....	office production assistant
Tanya Mazur	....	script supervisor
RoseAnna Schick	....	unit publicist
Jayson Schimnowski	....	photo assistant
Reem Shilleh	....	continuity
Sheila Woodley	....	head accountant
Amanda Wowryk	....	set production assistant

Merci
Louise O'Brien-Moran	....	thanks

Companies de production

• First Generation Films
• Alcina Pictures
• Buffalo Gal Pictures
• Levantine Entertainment
• Eagle Vision Media Group

Distributeurs

• Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ (2009) (USA) (all media)
• Cinéart (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• E1 Films Canada (2009) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2009) (Belgium) (all media)
• Europa Filmes (2010) (Brazil) (all media)
• Maximum Films (2009) (worldwide) (all media)
• Memento Films (2009) (France) (all media)
• National Geographic Entertainment (2009) (USA) (all media)
• National Geographic Films
• National Geographic International (2009) (USA) (all media)
• National Geographic (2009) (USA) (all media)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief drug use involving teens, and some language.

Durée:

USA:96 min

Pays:

USA | Canada

Langue:

Anglais | Arabe

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #45380) | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Canada:14A (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec)

Lieux de tournage:

Ramallah, Palestine

Société:

First Generation Films

Huzzah!

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!