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| Age: | 25 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
| Location: | New York City, NY |
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| Last Login: | Jun 15, 2008 (539 days back) |
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About Me |
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| Trailer Add to My Profile | More Videos CHOP SHOP opens February 27, 2008 in New York City at the Film Forum (click here for more info) "MIRACULOUS! An American film with the raw power of CITY OF GOD or PIXOTE... UNEXPECTED, INSPIRED, and BRAVE." - ROGER EBERT "The MAJOR REVELATION of the CANNES FILM FESTIVAL's Director's Fortnight" - LE MONDE, FRANCE "It’s hard to imagine a more concise summation of what it’s like to be a kid." - Sam Sweet, LA WEEKLY "American Independent Cinema at its BEST." - Sukhdev Sandu, DAILY TELEGRAPH "Touching, funny, sad and beautifully observed." - Geoff Andrew, TIME OUT LONDON "The lead performance by Alejandro Polanco is REMARKABLE." - Mark Olsen, LA TIMES "A MASTERY of style." - Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "A MAGNIFICENT PERFORMANCE given by young Alejandro Polanco!" - Eric Kohn, NY PRESS "[One] of the movies that will be BUZZED about very soon." - Elizabeth Weitzman NY DAILY NEWS "Bahrani's terrific follow-up to MAN PUSH CART... A healthy reminder that the New York indie isn't dead." - Jason Gonzalez, SLANT 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. |
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Movies:Man Push Cart (2005) |
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Heroes:Abbas Kiarostami congratulates Bahrani at CHOP SHOP World Premiere: Cannes 2007 Atom Egoyan congratulates Bahrani at CHOP SHOP World Premiere: Cannes 2007 |
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| MaritalStatus: | Single |
| Hometown: | NY, NY |
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Chop Shop World Premieres at the Cannes International Film Festival 2007 |
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| CHOP SHOP's world premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, drawing international praise from critics. Here's a small sample of what people are saying...
"Miraculous! Now we have an Amer... Posted by Chop Shop on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:40:00 PST |
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El Rey, Ahmad Razvi, The British Independent Film Awards, Ursula, Filmmaker Magazine, indieWIRE, Roger Corman, Crystal Leigh, INDIE FANS, Rolling Stone, This American Life, The Artist Community, Tegan and Sara, Quiet City, diaoriginale, CeLeSTTiaNi, THE ONLY LAYLA KAYLEIGH, Robert, Elodie, Patricio, Paul Damon - British actor & hot tea fan - Houston, FUTUREMAN, Don Cutec, Shy1979, NAMELESS (VISIONS OF THE SUN), patrou, reb_eli_ous, Discrete Encounter, Film, 1000 Journals - Documentary, Making Mary by Dedra Muhammad, ARE OH BEE™, HollyShorts Film Festival, Jerry, Rough Cut, Shooting People, Pam, BAM Musik Media, Speedy, Kellie Jaxson - Official, ART on YOU STUDIOS, Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, den NISI, Movie Geeks United!, Parameter Surfer, CEOz, David Cleary Photography, *Judy*, Bella Dama, DOPEBOYBIGGS, Cuchata, Joao Costa Menezes, Director Paul Del Vecchio - Triple E Productions
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Chop Shop's profile has been tagged with the following keywords. Click a tag to search for profiles with the same tags. cannes film festivals, american independent cinema, abbas kiarostami, concise summation, time out london, roger ebert, mark olsen, latino street, jason gonzalez, directors fortnight, auto body repair, atom egoyan, bahrani, entertainment weekly, magnificent performance, la times, cannes 2007, owen gleiberman, daily telegraph, chaotic world |
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