BEYOND HONOR

Year: 2004
USA: International Film Circuit / Cine02
Cast: Jason David Smith, Ruth Osuna, Ryan Izay, Laurel Melagrano, Wadie Andrawis, Carl Darchuck, Ina Barron, Albert Fam, Ajay Vidure, Abram Lewis-Rosenblum, Michelle Martin
Director: Varun Khanna
Country: USA
USA: 101 mins
USA Release Date: 10 March 2006 (Limited Release - New York)

Synopsis

Sahira Abdel-Karim (Ruth Osuna), an attractive Egyptian-American medical student training to be a doctor, lives in California but is caught between both her parents' traditional Islamic world and her mainstream American life.

At home she has to contend with her domineering father Mohammed (Wadie Andrawis) and traditional Muslim values but on the other hand she wants to experience life for herself with her friends and boyfriend Brian (Jason David Smith), and tensions rise to boiling point.