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  1. Aug 4, 2015 · But it’s one way to explain why Amira & Sam stood out by showcasing the stories of two people who are rarely, if ever, represented in the romcom world. In Amira & Sam , Amira is an illegal immigrant who lives with her former translator uncle in New York, where she sells DVDs on the street.

  2. Jan 30, 2015 · Sam (Martin Starr) and Amira (Dina Shihabi) have a rough start upon their first meeting. He’s visiting Amira’s uncle Bassam (Laith Nakli), who served as a translator for Sam’s unit in Iraq and whom Sam saved during an ambush.

  3. Jan 29, 2015 · While all these standard romantic-comedy elements are present in Amira and Sam, they share time and space with the specter of the war... A man and a woman meet cute. Opposites attract.

  4. He soon meets Amira, the niece of an Iraqi man Sam befriended while in the Middle East, as played by the lovely and funny Dina Shihabi.

  5. Jan 30, 2015 · In Sean Mullin’s “Amira & Sam,” an Army veteran and aspiring comedian becomes the protector of his old Iraqi translator’s beautiful relative.

  6. Jan 30, 2015 · Sean Mullin’s background as a filmmaker isn’t unconventional at first glance: The director of Drafthouse Films’ new romantic comedy Amira & Sam got his start doing improv and stand-up at the...

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  8. Jan 28, 2015 · That's what he is in this month's Amira & Sam. As one half of the title's unlikely romantic pair, Starr plays army veteran Sam, who falls for Amira, a young Iraqi woman living in New York.

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