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Sin Nombre

Original title: Sin nombre
  • 20092009
  • RR
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
33K
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Sin Nombre (2009)
Sayra, a Honduran teenager, and Willy, a new member of the Mara Salvatrucha gang, both dream of better lives for themselves, and a fateful event will find the two strangers united on a train bound for the U.S., where the hope for new lives await.
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A young Honduran girl and a Mexican gangster are united in a journey across the American border.A young Honduran girl and a Mexican gangster are united in a journey across the American border.A young Honduran girl and a Mexican gangster are united in a journey across the American border.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
33K
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  • Director
    • Cary Joji Fukunaga
  • Writer
    • Cary Joji Fukunaga
  • Stars
    • Paulina Gaitan
    • Marco Antonio Aguirre
    • Leonardo Alonso
Top credits
  • Director
    • Cary Joji Fukunaga
  • Writer
    • Cary Joji Fukunaga
  • Stars
    • Paulina Gaitan
    • Marco Antonio Aguirre
    • Leonardo Alonso
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 91User reviews
    • 160Critic reviews
    • 77Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 14 wins & 18 nominations

    Videos4

    Sin Nombre
    Trailer 2:02
    Sin Nombre
    A Guide to the Style of Cary Joji Fukunaga
    Clip 1:40
    A Guide to the Style of Cary Joji Fukunaga
    Sin Nombre: "I'm Going with You"
    Clip 1:24
    Sin Nombre: "I'm Going with You"
    Sin Nombre: "Ever Been on One of Those?"
    Clip 1:27
    Sin Nombre: "Ever Been on One of Those?"

    Photos48

    Cary Joji Fukunaga in Sin Nombre (2009)
    Paulina Gaitan in Sin Nombre (2009)
    Edgar Flores and Diana García in Sin Nombre (2009)
    Edgar Flores, Cary Joji Fukunaga, and Paulina Gaitan in Sin Nombre (2009)
    Paulina Gaitan in Sin Nombre (2009)
    Edgar Flores and Paulina Gaitan in Sin Nombre (2009)
    Cary Joji Fukunaga and Paulina Gaitan in Sin Nombre (2009)
    Paulina Gaitan in Sin Nombre (2009)
    Edgar Flores in Sin Nombre (2009)
    Luis Fernando in Sin Nombre (2009)
    Paulina Gaitan in Sin Nombre (2009)
    Edgar Flores in Sin Nombre (2009)

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    Paulina Gaitan
    Paulina Gaitan
    • Sayraas Sayra
    Marco Antonio Aguirre
    • Big Lipsas Big Lips
    Leonardo Alonso
    Leonardo Alonso
    • Policía Judicialas Policía Judicial
    Karla Cecilia Alvarado
    • Mareraas Marera
    Juan Pablo Arias Barrón
    • Niño #3as Niño #3
    Rosalba Belén Barrón
    • Niño #2as Niño #2
    Felipe Castro
    • Mareroas Marero
    • (as Sixto Felipe Castro)
    Rosalba Quintana Cruz
    • Tierra Blanca Mujeras Tierra Blanca Mujer
    Marcela Feregrino
    • Kimberlyas Kimberly
    Kristyan Ferrer
    Kristyan Ferrer
    • El Smileyas El Smiley
    • (as Kristian Ferrer)
    Edgar Flores
    Edgar Flores
    • Willy 'El Casper'as Willy 'El Casper'
    Giovani Florido
    Giovani Florido
    • El Sipeas El Sipe
    • (as Giovanni Florido)
    Ariel Galvan
    • Migrante #1as Migrante #1
    Diana García
    Diana García
    • Martha Marleneas Martha Marlene
    Gabriela Garibaldi
    • Dianaas Diana
    Ignacio Gonzalez
    • Mareroas Marero
    Noé Hernández
    Noé Hernández
    • Resistolas Resistol
    Lilibeth Flores
    • Yamilaas Yamila
    • Director
      • Cary Joji Fukunaga
    • Writer
      • Cary Joji Fukunaga
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    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Cary Fukunaga spent two years researching the film, spending time with people on the trains and with gangsters in Central America. He also used two gang members to script edit making the slang and language as up to date and realistic as possible.
    • Goofs
      The teardrop tattoo on el Casper's right eye is missing in two consecutive scenes on the top of the train but is visible on his face throughout the movie both before and after these scenes on the train. Interestingly, the tattoo is an important identifying mark/symbol in the movie and is specifically highlighted by gang members when asking locals if they have seen Casper as they try to find him and hunt him down.
    • Quotes

      Sayra: Back home, my friend Clarissa made me see this crazy neighbor, Doña Eleanor, you know, like witchcraft? She smoked this puro, then told me with her freaky voice that I'd make it to the U.S. but not in God's hand, perhaps in the Devil's.

    • Connections
      Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Hood Movies (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      SONG FOR BOB
      Composed by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

      From the Motion Picture Score of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

      (Film Festival prints only)

    User reviews91

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    One of the best debut features of the year
    Directed by the young talent Cary Fukunaga, a winner of the Sundance Film Festival Directing award, the film focuses on a combination of issues in South America, from involvement of kids and teenagers in Mexican gangs to what it takes for those who decide to leave South and Central America and seek greener pastures in the U.S.

    The story follows two main characters, Casper and Sayra, played by lesser-known actors Edgar Flores and Paulina Gaitan. While Casper is the member of the feared gang Mara Salvatrucha, his faith connects him with Sayra, a Honduran emigrant that travels with her father and uncle together with the other emigrants on a freight train to the U.S.

    On this journey together, as Casper tries to escape his faith and Sayra to meet hers, the main characters are slowly blending together, complete each other through their diversity, while they have to face the rough side of life in today's Mexico.

    As a result, the film has a gripping, disturbing, moving sour-sweet blend to it, and is exactly the type of the film where it's unpredictability, natural change of pace, and lots of eye candy in the scenery, makes you part of the story until the credits role, making you beg for more inside.

    Fukunaga's film feels so real not only thanks to his time spent in Mexico and his first hand experience with both, emigrants and immigrants he met before and while shooting the film, his cast of actual members of the Mara gang, perfect editing and combination of locations and the effort he took while filming to get the best out of his actors ("apart from beating them", he joked at Vary), makes the film one of the best feature debuts I've ever seen.
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    • hanagomolakova
    • Sep 8, 2009

    FAQ1

    • Do films like "Sin Nombre" or "Man on Fire" give Mexico a bad reputation?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 17, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Mexico
    • Official sites
      • Official site (France)
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Without Name
    • Filming locations
      • Torreón, Coahuíla, Mexico
    • Production companies
      • Scion Films
      • Canana Films
      • Creando Films
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,536,665
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $81,446
      • Mar 22, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,102,705
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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