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Director
Ramin Bahrani

Screenwriter(s)
Ramin Bahrani

Cast
Alejandro Polanco, Isamar Gonzales

Release Date: February 27, 2008

Release: Limited - NY

Synopsis: Director Ramin Bahrani sets his story of a 12-year-old Latino boy and his older sister in the no-man’s land that is Willet’s Point, Queens, a 20-block stretch of junkyards and chop shops (where stolen cars are dismantled for parts), overshadowed by Shea Stadium’s giant billboard: “Make Dreams Happen.” Young Alejandro (newcomer Alejandro Polanco) lives and works in an auto-body shop, apprenticing as a mechanic and hustling clients for his no-nonsense boss. With a mixture of childlike naiveté and adult ambition, he obsessively saves money to buy a mobile-food van as he and his sister Isamar (Isamar Gonzales) dream about running a small business of their own.

Genre: Drama

MPAA Rating: N/A

Offical Site: Chop Shop

Movie Poster: Allposters

DVD/VHS: Amazon