Man Push Cart

May 10, 2006

1h 27m

★ 6.9

Overview

Every night while the city sleeps, Ahmad, a former Pakistani rock star turned immigrant, drags his heavy cart along the streets of New York. And every morning, he sells coffee and donuts to a city he cannot call his own. One day, however, the pattern of this harsh existence is broken by a glimmer of hope for a better life.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Noruz Films

Flip Side Film

Man Push Cart Trailers

Cast

Ahmad

Ahmad Razvi

Noemi

Leticia Dolera

Mohammad

Charles Daniel Sandoval

Manish

Ali Reza

Duke

Farooq 'Duke' Muhammad

Noori

Panicker Upendran

Father-in-Law

Arun Lal

Mother-in-Law

Razia Mujahid

Ahmad's son

Hassan Razvi

Pakistani Driver

Mustafa Razvi

Altaf

Altaf Houssein

Final Customer

Bill Lewis

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