Synopsis
A street-smart orphan determined to make a better life for himself and his sixteen year-old sister spends his days working in an auto body repair shop in director Ramin Bahrani's gritty coming of age drama. Alejandro may be a young boy on the verge of adolescence, but his tough persona and driving ambition give the impression of a man twice his age. As with many street kids Alejandro has been forced to mature before his time. Now, in a disheveled junkyard on the outer edge of Queens, New York, one boy will learn what it means to become a man as he sets out to build a brighter future for the only family he knows. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Year: 2008
Runtime: 85
Country: USA
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature
Color type
DuArt
Sound
Dolby Digital
Produced by
Big Beach
Muskat Filmed Properties
Noruz Films
Release
by
Koch Lorber
Koch Lorber Films
Awards
2007 - Film Presented - Cannes Film Festival
2007 - Film Presented - Toronto International Film Festival
2007 - Film Presented - London Film Festival
2007 - Film Presented - AFI Fest
2008 - Film Presented - Berlin International Film Festival
2008 - Film Presented - Karlovy Vary International Film Festiva