2009 Movie
Dir. Cary Fukunaga & Cary Joji Fukunaga · Honduras, Mexico · Spanish
A foreign film on par with City of God, and carrying its heritage of naturalistic performances and raw stories. Sin Nombre will take you into a world filled with gut wrenching violence, heart-breaking loss, and non-stop suspense. And while definitely a tough watch, it reports the horrors of immigration with humane and sometimes hopeful outlook.
The profound and epic redemption in this movie will leave you thinking about it for days.
Sayra, a Native Honduran teenager, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to Mexico and then enter the United States. Sayra's life collides with a pair of Indigenous Mexican and Mestizo-Mexican gangmembers who have boarded the same USA-bound train.
"[F]or all its raw simplicity, the film manages to conjure a veritable library of references."
— Chris Chang
"Likely to be one of the must-see foreign language titles of the year, opening our eyes to a world of desperation, hope and pain."
— Jason Wood
Spirit Awards
3 noms
Sundance
2 wins
A brilliant story of two teenagers on a journey to cross the American border while evading a brutal mexican gang. Written and directed by Cary Fukunaga who went on to write Beasts of No Nation and IT.