Chop Shop

Name: Chop Shop
Genre: Drama
Released: 2008
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 6.69

2008 · 84 min

Drama

★ 6.7

Criterion

Trailer

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.

Crew

Director Ramin Bahrani
Writer Bahareh Azimi
Writer Ramin Bahrani
Director of Photography Michael Simmonds

Cast

A
Alejandro Polanco
Ale
I
Isamar Gonzales
Isamar
A
Ahmad Razvi
Ahmad
C
Carlos Zapata
Carlos
R
Rob Sowulski
Rob
A
Anthony Felton
Carlos's Uncle
E
Evelisse 'Lilah' Ortiz
Evelisse 'Lilah' Ortiz
M
Michael 'Gringo' Nieto
Construction Foreman
C
Carlos Ayala
Carlos the Pigeon Worker
Laura Patalano
Laura
N
Nick Jasprizza
The 'John'

Crew

Director — Ramin Bahrani
Writer — Bahareh Azimi
Writer — Ramin Bahrani
Director of Photography — Michael Simmonds

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