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Sin Nombre (2009 film)
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Sin Nombre

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
Produced by Gael Garcia & Diego Luna
Written by Cary Joji Fukunaga
Starring Paulina Gaitán
Edgar Flores
Kristyan Ferrer
Tenoch Huerta Mejía
Diana García
HéctorJiménez
Gerardo Taracena
Luis Fernando Peña
Music by Marcelo Zarvos
Cinematography Adriano Goldman
Editing by Luis Carballar
Craig McKay
Distributed by Focus Features
Running time 96 min.
Country United States and Mexico
Language Spanish
Box office $5,101,756
Sin Nombre is an American and Mexican film written and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga.
Filmed in Spanish, the film's name means"Nameless". It won several awards, including the prizes for directing and cinematography at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
The poster title is stylized as Sin noMbre to indicate the connection to the Mara Salvatrucha gang.
Contents [hide]
1 Plot
2 Casting and production
3 Reception
4 Cast
5 Awards
6 References
7 External links
[edit]Plot

Willy, nicknamed El Casper (Edgar Flores), is amember of the Mara Salvatrucha gang and lives in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. He introduces a young boy (Kristyan Ferrer) into his gang, and the boy is given the nickname Smiley after a violent initiation. Casper later helps Smiley to complete this initiation by helping him to execute a rival gang-member. Casper is romantically involved with a girl, Martha Marlen. Fearing for the girl's safety, hekeeps the relationship a secret from his gang, but his double life causes his gang to doubt his loyalty. When Martha follows Casper to a gathering of his gang, the gang leader, Lil Mago (Tenoch Huerta Mejía), escorts her out, despite Casper's misgivings. Mago attempts to rape Martha and accidentally kills her. Later, he tells a bitter Casper that he will "find another".
Shortly afterward, Magobrings Casper and Smiley to La Bombilla, a location along the train tracks where illegal immigrants stow away on passing trains on their way to the United States. Among the illegal immigrants is a Honduran family introduced earlier consisting of the teenage girl Sayra (Paulina Gaitán), her father (Gerardo Taracena), and her uncle, who are on their way to relatives in New Jersey. Lil Mago, Casper,and Smiley rob the passengers for any money they have until Lil Mago spots Sayra and attempts to rape her. Casper intervenes; killing Mago and then sending Smiley off.
Smiley goes back to the gang and reports about Mago's death. The gang leader, El Sol, accuses Smiley of collusion, to which Smiley timidly protests and begs to be sent to kill Casper to prove his loyalty. El Sol agrees and Smileytravels north to track down Casper.
On the train, the still shocked Casper is avoided by other passengers. When some try to throw him off the train, Sayra warns Casper and keeps on approaching him, despite her father's warnings. Casper's knowledge from previously smuggling gang members and avoiding the police proves useful, as he eludes his pursuers. He is finally accepted by Sayra's family butdecides to leave the train while the others are sleeping. Unbeknownst to Casper, Sayra follows him off the train. Meanwhile, her father and uncle decide to continue the journey.
Traveling north on a car transport organized by a friend of Casper, Casper and Sayra barely escape a trap laid for them and enter an immigrant shelter, where Sayra sees a familiar face. She is informed that her father hasdied and her uncle has been caught. In disbelief, she rushes off to cry at the chapel, where Casper comforts her.
They reach a river that constitutes the border to the United States. A coyote agrees to take them across one by one. Casper pays the man with his camera containing the cherished pictures of his murdered girlfriend and insists Sayra to go first. As she is halfway across, the gang...