• Sin nombre (2009)

    Sayra (Paulina Gaitán), a Honduran teen, 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 Mexican gangmembers (Edgar Flores, Kristyan Ferrer) who have boarded the same American-bound train.

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Sin nombre
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Release Date: March 20th, 2009

DVD Release Date: September 1st, 2009

R |1 hr 36 min

Plot Summary

Sayra (Paulina Gaitán), a Honduran teen, 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 Mexican gangmembers (Edgar Flores, Kristyan Ferrer) who have boarded the same American-bound train.

Cast: Paulina Gaitán, Edgar Flores, Kristyan Ferrer, Tenoch Huerta, Diana García, Luis Fernando Peña, Héctor Jiménez, Marco Antonio Aguirre

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga

Genres: Drama , Thriller

Production Co: Scion Films

Keywords: Escape, Family, Suspenseful, Girlfriend, Emotional, 2000s, Sacrifice, Quest

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  • 88
    Steven ReaPhiladelphia Inquirer

    Forceful, heart-wrenching stuff. show more

  • 100
    Joe MorgensternWall Street Journal

    Mr. Fukanaga's purpose is to evoke the immigrants' experience, which he does with such eloquence and power as to inspire awe. show more

  • 50
    The Hollywood Reporter

    Fukunaga clearly exhibits a flair for spirited storytelling, but when Sin Nombre departs from the specifics of its unique world in favor of more conventional genre execution, it leaves the characters and audience adrift. show more

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