Rachid Bouchareb Kicks Off Arab-American Trilogy With Sienna Miller Road Movie

Exclusive: French-Algerian director with three Oscar-nominated films under her belt, lines up Forest Whitaker, Sienna Miller for a slate of English-language films with Arab sensibilities

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"Just Like a Woman," a movie starring Sienna Miller, is the first in director Rachid Bouchareb's planned trilogy about the changing relationship between Americans and the Arab world.

Rachid Bouchareb

The French Algerian director, who has three Oscar nominated films under his belt in the Best Foreign Language category, told TheWrap that he has finished principal photography on "Just Like a Woman," a road movie set in America.

He plans to make two more American-set films with Arabic sensibilities, including a buddy comedy and a Mexican border drama starring Forest Whitaker. All three will be English language. 

"I'm always interested in what happens between the Arabic world and the West," Bouchareb said this week.

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