Nasser Faris
Also Known As: Al Faris
Biography: Nasser Faris is an actor, writer, and producer. He works throughout the U.S. and abroad and currently resides in New York City.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: Not available
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Rosewater
Overview: In 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering Iran's volatile elections for Newsweek. One of the few reporters living in the country with access to US media, he made an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, in a taped interview with comedian Jason Jones. The interview was intended as satire, but if the Tehran authorities got the joke they didn't like it - and it would quickly came back to haunt Bahari when he was rousted from his family home and thrown into prison.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-07
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Out of Season
Overview: Hip lesbian Micki Silva leaves her fast-paced urban lifestyle for Cape May, New Jersey, to help her ailing uncle Charlie. At the local diner, run by Shelley, Micki meets Charlie's friend Roberta. Roberta likes her house, working at the diner, and numerous aspects of the small-town way of life that bore Micki, but opposites attract. Drawn together by the dying Charlie, the two women develop a complex relationship.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-01
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House of Sand and Fog
Overview: Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an unfair legal dispute with the county, she is left with nowhere to go. Wanting her house back, she hires a lawyer and befriends a police officer. Neither Kathy nor Behrani have broken the law, so they find themselves involved in a difficult moral dilemma.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-19
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Chronically Metropolitan
Overview: A case of writer's block inspires a young novelist to return home to New York City and reconnect with his engaged ex and his bohemian parents.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-24
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The Week Of
Overview: The parents of a soon-to-be married couple make the final preparations for the wedding ceremony.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-27
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Ocean's Twelve
Overview: Danny Ocean reunites with his old flame and the rest of his merry band of thieves in carrying out three huge heists in Rome, Paris and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-09
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Kingdom of Silence
Overview: A political thriller examining the complex relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia, and how the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi amplified entanglements between the two countries.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-02
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Homeland Security
Overview: Admiral McKee is retired, when following the events of 9/11 he receives a call from the White House informing him that his commander in chief requires him to serve his country once again. Shortly after this he is sworn into office as a senior member of the Office of Homeland Security under Tom Ridge. Once in office Admiral McKee faces the challenge of organizing this new office so as to prevent further terrorist attacks against the United States. With this in mind, Admiral McKee's wife recommends he speaks to his friend, NSA Agent Sol Binder.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-11
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Pretty When You Cry
Overview: A wife is caught in a web of sex and violence.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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