A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
April 15, 2012
Original Title:
Dream in American
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 88
An aspiring dancer, fresh off the boat from Bulgaria is taken under the wing of a French-Israeli choreographer battling cancer. She is finally empowered to take a stance against her abusive Bulgarian rock star boyfriend and sees her dream through. A Jordanian Muslim doctor, secretly leading a gay relationship with an American, is surprised with a visit from his Jordanian fiancée. He painfully juggles the two opposing worlds until he is pressed in all directions to make a choice. A hard working widower and father from the Ivory Coast is at odds with his troubled teenage daughter who takes desperate measures to try to fit in with her American schoolmates.
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