Chop Shop

(2008)

★ 6.7 IMDb · 84 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2008

Runtime: 84 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Ramin Bahrani

Cast: Alejandro Polanco, Isamar Gonzales, Ahmad Razvi, Carlos Zapata, Rob Sowulski, Anthony Felton, Evelisse 'Lilah' Ortiz, Michael 'Gringo' Nieto, Carlos Ayala, Laura Patalano

Plot

Alejandro, a tough and ambitious Latino street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives and works in an auto-body repair shop in a sprawling junkyard on the outskirts of Queens, New York. In this chaotic world of adults, young Alejandro struggles to make a better life for himself and his 16-year-old sister, Isamar.