"You can’t choose your family."

2020

1h 25m

6.8(65 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Overview

A 12-year-old boy from Brooklyn tries to unite his half-Israeli and half-Palestinian family through cooking.

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12 members

Acting

Noah Schnapp

Abe

Acting

Seu Jorge

Chico

Acting

Dagmara Dominczyk

Rebecca

Acting

Mark Margolis

Benjamin

Acting

Tom Mardirosian

Salim

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Arian Moayed

Amir

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Josh Elliott Pickel

Ronnie

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Alexander Hodge

Roy Wang

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Teddy Coluca

Donny The Thief

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Daniel Oreskes

Ari

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Salem Murphy

Aida

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Steve Routman

Mike Gold

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