Director: Ramin Bahrani

Script: Bahareh Azimi, Ramin Bahrani

Camera: Michael Simmonds

Music: M. Lo

Cast: Alejandro Polanco, Isamar Gonzales, Ahmad Razvi etc.

USA, 2007, 84 min, F

Twelve-year-old Latin American Alehandro lives in the outskirts of New York, works in auto repair shops and washes, collects scrap metal, and lives in a small room that belongs to his employer. His sixteen-year-old sister Isamara is Alehandro’s only family. Desiring a better life for both of them, Alehandro starts saving money to make his dream come true– he wants to buy a van and turn it into a store. But then he has to face the adult world and take decisions he has never dreamed about.

The film has participated in the Cannes, Toronto, Berlin, and AFI festivals. In 2008 the film was awarded Indepedent Spirit Awards special prize.