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Dominican Rep. Chop Shop
- Original title
- Chop Shop
- Year
- 2007
- Running time
- 84 min.
- Country
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- Genre
- Drama | Childhood. Prostitution. Poverty. Independent Film (US)
- Synopsis
- Alejandro, a tough and ambitious Latino street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives and works in an auto-body repair shop in a sprawling junkyard on the outskirts of Queens, New York. In this chaotic world of adults, young Alejandro struggles to make a better life for himself and his 16-year-old sister, Isamar. He finds her a job in a food van cooking and selling meals to the auto-body workers, and with a mixture of childlike naiveté and adult ambition, Alejandro begins obsessively saving his money to buy a mobile-food van as the siblings dream about owning and running a small business of their own. But when their dream, and their loving relationship, is threatened by the hard truths of life, work, and one another, the children find themselves forced to make the kinds of difficult decisions that most adults never have to face.
- Awards
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2008: Independent Spirit Awards: 2 Nominations including Best Director2007: Independent Spirit Awards: Someone to Watch Award
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