Following the struggles of Sam, a handsome American soldier, who makes a relationship with an illegal Iraq immigrants, who does his best to save her when she faces deportation, the thing that challenges him.
The script is thoughtful, but its anger is diffuse, with laissez-faire capitalism and the problems of illegal immigrants and returning soldiers jostling for attention.
When the eponymous couple is together, 'Amira & Sam' is an earnest and considerate examination of two people falling in love, but the movie lacks certainty when handling these characters separately.
