Sin Nombre

By Shannon Nystedt
MovieSet.com

If comedies and action flicks arn't cutting it for you, and you're looking for a a more serious film, than look no further than writer/director Cary Fukunaga’s award winning Sin Nombre based on the filmmaker’s firsthand experiences with Central American immigrants seeking the promise of the US. The film tells the story of Sayra, a teenager living in Honduras, and hungering for a brighter future. A reunion with her long-estranged father gives Sayra her only real option - emigrating with her father and her uncle into Mexico and then the United States, where her father now has a new family. Meanwhile, Casper, a.k.a. Willy, is a teenager living in Tapachula, Mexico, and facing an uncertain future as a member of the Mara Salvatrucha gang brotherhood. Casper must navigate the psychological gauntlet of his violent existence and the physical one of the unforgiving Mara when Sayra bravely allies herself with him as a train they board journeys through the Mexican countryside towards the hope of new lives. Sin Nombre has won several awards including the Directing Award and the Excellence in Cinematography Award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.  The film stars Paulina Gaytan, Edgar M. Flores, Guillermo Villegas, Gerardo Taracena, Kristyan A. Ferrer and Diana Garcia. Check out the DVD for Deleted Scenes, Feature Commentary with writer/director Cary Fukunaga and producer Amy Kaufman and more.

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