Chop Shop

IMDb link: 0990404
IMDb rating: 7.2 (4,923 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Ramin Bahrani
Cast: Alejandro Polanco, Isamar Gonzales, Rob Sowulski, Carlos Zapata and others

Release date: 27 Feb 2008
Release year: 2007
Runtime: 84 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: childhood poverty, childhood ambition, lost childhood, street orphan, child thief, street life, poverty, auto repair shop, body shop, child labor

Plot:

Alejandro, a resourceful 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, Alejandro struggles to make a better life for himself and his sixteen-year-old sister.

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