October 16, 2008

The Other Side of The Big Apple

As expected I was on my own tonight... I re-scheduled it for Sunday 2d November over a brunch.
Last night I went to the pictures. "Chop shop"is set in New York more precisely at Willer's Point, Queens. According to NYC's mayor it's actually the most helpless spot of the Big Apple ! Waow ! Although it's a fiction - to keep it short Alejandro, 12, and his teenager sister are struggling (to say the least) to survive in a junkie garage - the debutants actors are making this story larger than life...
For the records : USA 2007, director Ramin Bahrani. This film was selected in several festivals : Cannes, Toronto, Berlin and won the "Someone to watch Independant Spirit Awards 2008"

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