Chop Shop

Feb 27, 2008

1h 24m

★ 6.7

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Muskat Filmed Properties

Noruz Films

Big Beach

Chop Shop Trailers

Cast

Ale

Alejandro Polanco

Isamar

Isamar Gonzales

Ahmad

Ahmad Razvi

Carlos

Carlos Zapata

Rob

Rob Sowulski

Carlos's Uncle

Anthony Felton

Evelisse 'Lilah' Ortiz

Construction Foreman

Michael 'Gringo' Nieto

Carlos the Pigeon Worker

Carlos Ayala

Laura

Laura Patalano

The 'John'

Nick Jasprizza

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