Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other authors / contributors: | Dabis, Cherien, 1976- screenwriter, film director, film producer.
Piovesan, Christina, film producer.
Barkin, Paul, film producer.
Sams, Alicia, film producer.
Keever, Gregory, film producer.
Faour, Nisreen, 1972- actor.
Abbass, Hiam, actor.
Shawkat, Alia, 1989- actor.
Muallem, Melkar, actor.
Abu-Warda, Yussuf, actor.
Ziegler, Joseph, actor.
Hlehel, Amer, actor.
Datum, Tobias, director of photography.
Leroux, Aidan, production designer.
Reamer, Keith, editor of moving image work.
Henderson, Patricia, costume designer.
Roustom, Kareem, composer (expression)
National Geographic Entertainment (Firm), presenter, production company, publisher.
Image Nation (Firm), production company.
Levantine Entertainment (Firm), presenter, production company.
Maximum Films, presenter.
First Generation Films, production company.
Alcina (Firm), production company.
Buffalo Gal Pictures (Firm), production company.
Eagle Vision Media Group, production company.
Rotana Studios, production company.
Showtime Arabia, production company.
Virgil Films, publisher.
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| Physical medium: | plastic
4 3/4 in.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
Dolby digital 2.0
optical
stereo
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| Projection characteristics: | videodisc
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| Video characteristics: | NTSC
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
DVD video
all regions
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| Notes: | Widescreen (16:9) presentation
DVD release of the 2009 motion picture.
Special features: "Make a wish" (a short film from director Cherien Dabis); Deleted scenes: Muna at the post office, Fadi at immigration, Muna and Raghda have lunch, Art school conversation; Outakes: Singing and dancing, Too much, Sing a long.
Director of photography, Tobias Datum ; production designer, Aidan Leroux ; editor, Keith Reamer ; costume designer, Patricia Henderson ; music by Kareem Roustom.
Nisreen Faour, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Melkar Muallem, Yussef Abu Warda, Joseph Ziegler, Amer Hlehel, Selena Haddad, Jenna Kawar, Suheila Muallem.
DVD-video; NTSC, all regions; Dolby digital.
In Arabic and English; Arabic portions have English subtitles.
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| Summary: | Muna Farah, a Palestinian single mom, struggles to maintain her optimistic spirit in the daily grind of intimidating West Bank checkpoints, the constant nagging of a controlling mother, and the haunting shadows of a failed marriage. Everything changes one day when she receives a letter informing her that her family has been granted a U.S. green card, and she moves with her teenage son to small town Illinois.
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| Target Audience: | MPAA Rating: PG-13; for brief drug use involving teens and some language.
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| Awards: | Heartland Award: Truly Moving Picture; Winner Cannes Film Festival 2009, Fipresci Award.
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| Standard no.: | 829567066621
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| Publisher's no.: | 670666 National Geographic Entertainment/Virgil Films
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