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CHOP SHOP opens February 27, 2008 in New York City at the Film Forum (click here for more info)
"MIRACULOUS! An American film with the raw power of CITY OF GOD or PIXOTE... UNEXPECTED, INSPIRED, and BRAVE." - ROGER EBERT
"The MAJOR REVELATION of the CANNES FILM FESTIVAL's Director's Fortnight" - LE MONDE, FRANCE
"It’s hard to imagine a more concise summation of what it’s like to be a kid." - Sam Sweet, LA WEEKLY
"American Independent Cinema at its BEST." - Sukhdev Sandu, DAILY TELEGRAPH
"Touching, funny, sad and beautifully observed." - Geoff Andrew, TIME OUT LONDON
"The lead performance by Alejandro Polanco is REMARKABLE." - Mark Olsen, LA TIMES
"A MASTERY of style." - Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"A MAGNIFICENT PERFORMANCE given by young Alejandro Polanco!" - Eric Kohn, NY PRESS
"[One] of the movies that will be BUZZED about very soon." - Elizabeth Weitzman NY DAILY NEWS
"Bahrani's terrific follow-up to MAN PUSH CART... A healthy reminder that the New York indie isn't dead." - Jason Gonzalez, SLANT
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.
