Towelhead (film)
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| Towelhead | |
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 Promotional poster |
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| Directed by | Alan Ball |
| Produced by | Alan Ball Ted Hope Steven M. Rales |
| Written by | Alan Ball (screenplay) Alicia Erian (novel) |
| Starring | Summer Bishil Aaron Eckhart Peter Macdissi Toni Collette Maria Bello Matt Letscher |
| Music by | Thomas Newman |
| Distributed by | Warner Independent |
| Release date(s) |  15 August 2008 (limited) |
| Running time | 124 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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Towelhead is a 2007 film by Alan Ball based on Alicia Erian's novel of the same name. The film made its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on September 8, 2007 under the name Nothing is Private.
[edit] Plot
Towelhead tells the story of a young Arab girl named Jasira (Summer Bishil), who is sent to live with her strict Lebanese father (Peter Macdissi), who lives in a small town in Texas during the first Gulf War. Jasira struggles against her father's lifestyle, and against her racist classmates. For the first time in her life, the painful truth of being an Arab hits Jasira, causing her to become sexually obsessed with her neighbor: a bigoted army reservist (Aaron Eckhart).
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Character |
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| Summer Bishil | Jasira |
| Aaron Eckhart | Mr. Vuoso |
| Toni Collette | Melina |
| Maria Bello | Gail |
| Peter Macdissi | Rifat |
| Chase Ellison | Zack |
| Matt Letscher | Gil |
| Eugene Jones III | Thomas Bradley |
| Chris Messina | Barry |
