- Also Known As:
- Unknown
- Year:
- 2007
- Country:
- Predominant Genre:
- Drama
- Director:
- Outstanding Performances:
- None
- Premiss:
- A resourceful street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives and works in an auto-body repair shop in a sprawling junkyard. In this chaotic world of adults, he struggles to make a better life for himself and his sixteen-year-old sister.
- Themes:
- Compassion
- Courage
- Destiny
- Empathy
- Ethnicity
- Family
- Friendship
- Humanity
- Identity
- Loyalty
- Mankind
- Materialism
- Personal change
- Redemption
- Self-expression
- Social class
- White supremacy
- Similar (in Plot, Theme or Style) to:
- Ladri di Biciclette
- Review Format:
- DVD
Chop-Chop
Not quite up to the Ladri di Biciclette standard of brilliance, but impressive nonetheless.
An engaging melodrama, shot in a documentary style, about the essential nature of a capitalist country like the United States which, despite its claims to be a haven for migrant workers, is only the most effective haven for White migrants.
A warm and emotionally spontaneous Latino street culture is reflected in the ramshackle, almost-barrio world of Queens, with its collection of low-level criminals and undocumented migrants.
This intimate work is told from a young boy’s point-of-view as he navigates through the chaotic adult world in search of a better life for himself and his older, sometime prostitute sister.
Life affirming and heartbreaking in equal measure, but somewhat lacking in adult perspective.
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