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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


Production Crew

Elliot Glick Art Director
Michael Simmonds Cinematographer
Bedford Tate Bentley III Co-producer
Pradip Ghosh Co-producer
M.L.O. Composer (Music Score)
Daphne Javitch Costume Designer
Ramin Bahrani Director
Ramin Bahrani Editor
Peter Saraf Executive Producer
Nicholas Elliott First Assistant Director
Kathryn Dean Line Producer
Jeb Brody Producer
Lisa Muskat Producer
Marc Turtletaub Producer
Richard A. Wright Production Designer
Tom Efinger Re-Recording Mixer
Bahareh Azimi Screenwriter
Ramin Bahrani Screenwriter
Christof Gebert Sound/Sound Designer
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