Chop Shop Plot Summary and Details

Plot

A street-smart orphan determined to make a better life for himself and his sixteen year-old sister spends his days working in an auto body repair shop in director Ramin Bahrani's gritty coming of age drama. Alejandro may be a young boy on the verge of adolescence, but his tough persona and driving ambition give the impression of a man twice his age. As with many street kids Alejandro has been forced to mature before his time. Now, in a disheveled junkyard on the outer edge of Queens, New York, one boy will learn what it means to become a man as he sets out to build a brighter future for the only family he knows.

MPAA Rating:

Not Rated

Genre(s):

Drama

Run Time:

85min.

Theatrical Release Date:

02/22/2008

DVD Release Date:

07/08/2008

Distributor(s):

Koch Lorber Films