Chop Shop (2007)

Recommended

USA

Feature Film

Director: Ramin Bahrani

Writers: Bahareh Azimi, Ramin Bahrani

Cinematographer: Michael Simmonds

Composer: M. Lo

Cast: Alejandro Polanco, Isamar Gonzales, Ahmad Razvi, Carlos Zapata, Rob Sowulski

Ale, a homeless pre-adolescent who lives and works in a low-rent garage in Queens with his comely elder sister, allows himself to be taken advantage of by the adults that surround him as he squirrels away his earnings, saving towards his dream of buying a second-hand burger van, in Bahrani’s affecting, beautifully observed slice-of-life drama. Iain.Stott