Plot
An army veteran's unlikely romance with an Iraqi immigrant is put to the test when she is faced with the prospect of deportation.
Release Year: 2014
Rating: 6.9/10 (252 voted)
Critic's Score: /100
Director: Sean Mullin
Stars: Martin Starr, Dina Shihabi, Paul Wesley
Storyline
An army veteran's unlikely romance with an Iraqi immigrant is put to the test when she is faced with the prospect of deportation.
Cast: Martin Starr -
Sam
Dina Shihabi -
Amira
Paul Wesley -
Charlie
Laith Nakli -
Bassam
David Rasche -
Jack
Ross Marquand -
Greg
Taylor Wilcox -
Claire
Claire Byrne -
Simone
Teddy Cañez -
Officer Velez
James Chen -
Donnie
Ben Cole -
Erik
Bruce Davis -
Officer Lynch
Kate Easton -
Donna Thorpe
Daniel Fox -
Burke
Meg Gibson -
VA Administrator
Sam and Amira is extremely well done and touches on the issues of
Immigration, and re- entry of our soldiers coming back from war. It is
also a love story that develops in a very nice and complex way thru the
movie. Martin Starr in his first leading man role does a fantastic job
and is very believable. His character has a moral code that he sticks
to even though he is given numerous opportunity and reason to trade
against his values. Amira who is played by Dina Shihabi does a
phenomenal job in her first leading role as the reluctant love interest
while dealing with her own immigration challenges and discrimination
coming from all sides. Paul Wesley is great as a Wall Street type
working on the edges of the system trying to help/use his cousin to
further his own ambitions. The movie is written and directed by Sean
Mullin who himself is a West Point graduate and served this country at
Ground Zero. He does a masterful job telling this story with all it's
complexities and adding humor as the movie is very funny. Especially
the back and forth between Sam and Amira. I saw the Premier at the
Seattle Film Festival.
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