Chop Shop

2008 6.7 (75 votes) 1h 24m

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Muskat Filmed Properties
Noruz Films
Big Beach

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Director: Ramin Bahrani

Writer: Ramin Bahrani, Bahareh Azimi

Director of Photography: Michael Simmonds

Producer: Jeb Brody, Lisa Muskat, Marc Turtletaub

Top Cast

Alejandro Polanco

Ale

Isamar Gonzales

Isamar

Ahmad Razvi

Ahmad

Carlos Zapata

Carlos

Rob Sowulski

Rob

Anthony Felton

Carlos's Uncle

Evelisse 'Lilah' Ortiz

Michael 'Gringo' Nieto

Construction Foreman

Videos

Chop Shop (2007) ORIGINAL TRAILER

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