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About this movie

Genres:
Drama, World Cinema
Language:
English
Running time:
1:36:04
Partner rating:
R
Released:

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Paulina Gaitan Sayra
  2. Edgar Flores Willy
  3. Kristyan Ferrer Smiley
  4. Diana Garcia Martha Marlene
  5. Tenoch Huerta Mejia
  6. Tenoch Huerta Mejía Lil' Mago
  7. Héctor Jimenez Leche
  8. Luis Fernando Peña El Sol

Directors

  1. Cary Joji Fukunaga

Producers

  1. Amy Kaufman
  2. Amy J. Kaufman
  3. May Kaufman

Writers

  1. Cary Joji Fukunaga

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Sin Nombre

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Student Academy Award winner Cary Joji Fukunaga makes his feature directorial debut with this epic dramatic thriller following a Honduran teenager who reunites with her long-estranged father and attempts to emigrate to America with him in order to start a new life. Inspired by the director's firsthand experience with Central American immigrants, Sin Nombre opens to find dejected teenager Sayra (Paulina Gaitan) biding her time in Honduras while... Student Academy Award winner Cary Joji Fukunaga makes his feature directorial debut with this epic dramatic thriller following a Honduran teenager who reunites with her long-estranged father and attempts to emigrate to America with him in order to start a new life. Inspired by the director's firsthand experience with Central American immigrants, Sin Nombre opens to find dejected teenager Sayra (Paulina Gaitan) biding her time in Honduras while dreaming of a brighter future. Upon reuniting with the father she hasn't seen in years, Sayra seizes the opportunity to finally make her dreams a reality. Her father has a new family in the United States, and he's preparing to travel with her uncle to Mexico, where they will then cross the border to freedom. Meanwhile, in Mexico, Tapachula teen Casper (aka Casper, played by Edgar Flores), has gotten caught up with the notorious Mara Salvatrucha street gang. He's just delivered a new recruit to the Maras in the form of desperate 12-year-old Smiley (Kristyan Ferrer), and though the youngster's initiation proves particularly rough, she adapts to gang life rather quickly. As involved as Casper is with the Mara, he does his best to keep his relationship with girlfriend Martha Marlene (Diana Garcia) a secret from the gang. Just as Martha encounters ruthless Mara leader Lil' Mago (Tenoch Huerta Mejía) and suffers a grim fate at the hands of the gang, Sayra and her relatives arrive at the Tapachula train yards and prepare to rush a U.S.-bound freight train with a horde of other immigrants. Rather than attempting to gain access to the cars, Sayra and the rest of the immigrants decide to ride atop the train. Little do they realize that their lives are now in danger, because Lil' Mago has recruited Casper and Smiley to rob the immigrants as they make their way to the United States. When dawn comes and Lil' Mago makes his move, Casper finally decides to stand up to the tyrannical gang leader. Now, as the train winds though the Mexican countryside, Sayra's only hope of surviving the journey and making her way to a new beginning is to align herself with Casper as he flees from the most feared gang in Tapachula.

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Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'fresh' by Rotten Tomatoes

89%Tomatometer score: 89% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Positive review
    William Thomas, Empire Magazine Captivatingly naturalistic performances and cinematography almost makes up for the lack of a larger political framework. – Full review External link
  2. Positive review
    Trevor Johnston, Time Out It's a tribute to the visceral impact of the staging that the film retains its grip despite becoming somewhat predictable, while thematically it's the usual cycle-of-violence hand wringing. – Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    Catherine Bray, Film4 Sin Nombre is a spry, humane account of the hardships encountered on the Mexican immigration trail, whose violence never feels exploitative, for all that it may be hard to watch. Highly recommended. – Full review External link
  4. Negative review
    Kevin Maher, Times [UK] For all its formal lan and gritty location shooting, Sin Nombre is a wearily hollow, morally specious movie. – Full review External link
  5. Negative review
    Catherine Shoard, Guardian [UK] If you've ever got your hands on a second-hand set of Operation, you'll know how it feels to watch the latest addition to the slum drama stable. Most parts are present and correct, but there's... – Full review External link

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