Chop Shop

1h 24m
Drama
6.6

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.

Cast

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
Carlos Ayala
Carlos the Pigeon Worker
Laura Patalano
Laura
Nick Jasprizza
The 'John'

Crew

Ramin Bahrani
Director, Writer, Editor
Bahareh Azimi
Writer
Michael Simmonds
Director of Photography
Peter Saraf
Executive Producer
Lisa Muskat
Producer
Jeb Brody
Producer
Marc Turtletaub
Producer
Pradip Ghosh
Co-Producer
Bedford T. Bentley
Co-Producer
Kathryn Dean
Line Producer
Richard A. Wright
Production Design
Daphne Javitch
Costume Design
Abigail Savage
Sound Effects Editor
Tom Efinger
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
William Tabanou
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Joseph Stephens
Boom Operator
M. Lo
Original Music Composer
Elliott Glick
Art Direction

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