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Movie profile

Chop Shop

6.7/ 1020081h 24m

Drama

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.

Directed by Ramin Bahrani

Visual gallery

Behind the frames

7 stills

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Alejandro Polanco

Ale

Isamar Gonzales

Isamar

Ahmad Razvi

Ahmad

Carlos Zapata

Carlos

Rob Sowulski

Rob

Anthony Felton

Carlos's Uncle

Evelisse 'Lilah' Ortiz

Evelisse 'Lilah' Ortiz

Michael 'Gringo' Nieto

Construction Foreman