Settlers From Afar, in Land of Lincoln
di Stephen Holden The New York Times
Cherien Dabis’s “Amreeka” (the Arabic word for America) stands alongside “The Visitor" and “Maria Full of Grace” as one of the most accomplished recent films about a non-European immigrant coming to the United States. While the arrivals in the other two movies were not legal immigrants, the indomitably good-natured protagonist of “Amreeka,” Muna Farah ( Nisreen Faour ), is a divorced non-Muslim Palestinian woman with a green card.
“Amreeka,” which is set in 2003 at the outset of the American-led invasion of Iraq, is inspired by the experiences of Ms. [...]
di Stephen Holden, articolo completo (4393 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 4 Settembre 2009
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