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Sin Nombre (2009)

Sin Nombre poster
Original title
Sin nombre
Directed by
Cary Joji Fukunaga
Genre
drama film, thriller film, crime film, adventure film, hood film
Country
United Kingdom, Mexico, United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
R
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 786 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Honduran girl joins a group of migrants riding a freight train north toward the United States. A Mexican boy tries to escape his gang’s violence and ends up on the same train.

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What happens

Sin nombre (English: "Nameless") is a 2009 adventure thriller film written and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, about a Honduran girl trying to immigrate to the United States, and a boy caught up in the violence of gang life. Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal were executive producers on the Spanish-language film. Sin nombre won awards for directing and cinematography at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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