Chop Shop

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2008, Movie, 1h 24min

For his acclaimed follow-up to MAN PUSH CART, Ramin Bahrani once again turned his camera on a slice of New York City rarely seen on-screen: Willets Point, Queens, an industrial sliver of automotive-repair shops that remains perpetually at risk of being redeveloped off the map. It’s within this precarious ecosystem that twelve-year-old Ale (Alejandro Polanco) must grow up fast, hustling in the neighborhood chop shops to build a more stable life for himself and his sister (Isamar Gonzales), even as their tenuous circumstances force each to compete with other struggling people and make desperate decisions. A deeply human story of a fierce but fragile sibling bond being tested by hardscrabble reality, CHOP SHOP tempers its sobering authenticity with flights of lyricism and hope.

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7.2

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...is about a hard coming of age. Ale's dream is that he and his sister will buy a taco truck and go into business on their own.

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In the gritty streets of Queens, New York, a determined young Latino orphan named Alejandro dreams of a better life for himself and his sister. Living and working in a chaotic auto-body repair shop, Ale juggles various jobs to save up for a food van business. But when he discovers his sister is working as a prostitute, he becomes conflicted between his aspirations and the harsh realities around him. With powerful performances and a hopeful message, Chop Shop offers a poignant portrayal of resilience and the pursuit of dreams in the face of adversity.

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