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6.7Alejandro, 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.
Released: 2008-02-2784 minDir: Ramin BahraniDrama
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Cast
- Alejandro Polanco as Ale
- Isamar Gonzales as Isamar
- Ahmad Razvi as Ahmad
- Carlos Zapata as Carlos
- Rob Sowulski as Rob
- Anthony Felton as Carlos's Uncle
Themes
- new york city
- orphan
- street urchin
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
4,750 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
Metacritic
83/100
- Year
- 2007
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- Unrated
- Awards
- 4 wins & 8 nominations
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Ramin Bahrani
- Screenwriter
- Ramin Bahrani
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- New York City
- Duration
- 84
- FilmAffinity ID
- 393780
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.noruzfilms.com/films/chopshop.html
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 2007-01-01
- title
- Chop Shop
- film editor
- Ramin Bahrani
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 7.9/10
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