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What it's about

Against the backdrop of the first Gulf War, Jasira Maroun is 13, physically well developed but naïve and unable to say no. As puberty arrives, her mother sends her from Syracuse to Houston to her curt, up-tight, Lebanese-born father. Over the next few months, Jasira must navigate her father's strict indifference, her discovery of sexual pleasure, the casual racism of a neighbor boy and her classmates, the sexual advances of the boy's father, the proffered friendship of a pregnant neighbor, and her attraction to Thomas, an African-American classmate whom her father forbids her to see. Things happen to her, but can she take responsibility and control, or is tragedy inevitable?

Cast and crew

Director

Alan Ball

Writer

Alan Ball, Alicia Erian

Starring

Summer Bishil, Aaron Eckhart, Peter Macdissi

Details

Released

2008-09-26

Language

English, French, Arabic, Spanish

Country

United States

Box office

$372,124

Awards

1 win & 3 nominations total

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