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Sin Nombre is an epic dramatic thriller written and directed by Student Academy Award winner Cary Joji Fukunaga in his feature debut. The filmmaker's firsthand experiences with Central American immigrants seeking the promise of the U.S. form the basis of the Spanish-language movie.
Sin Nombre tells the story of Sayra (Paulina Gaitan), a teenager living in Honduras, and hungering for a brighter future. A reunion with her long-estranged father gives Sayra her only real option emigrating with her father and her uncle into Mexico and then the United States, where her father now has a new family.
Meanwhile, Casper, a.k.a. Willy (Edgar Flores), is a teenager living in Tapachula, Mexico, and facing an uncertain future. A member of the Mara Salvatrucha gang brotherhood, he has just brought to the Mara a new recruit, 12-year-old Smiley (Kristyan Ferrer), who undergoes a rough initiation.
While Smiley quickly takes to gang life, Casper tries to protect his relationship with girlfriend Martha Marlene (Diana Garcia), keeping their love a secret from the Mara. But when Martha encounters Tapachula's Mara leader Lil' Mago (Tenoch Huerta Mejia), she is brutally taken from Casper forever.
Sayra and her relatives manage to cross over into Mexico. There, they join other immigrants waiting at the Tapachula train yards. When a States-bound freight train arrives one night, they successfully rush to board riding atop it, rather than in the cars as does Lil' Mago, who has commandeered Casper and Smiley along to rob immigrants.
When day breaks, Lil' Mago makes his move and Casper in turn makes a fateful decision. Casper must now navigate the psychological gauntlet of his violent existence and the physical one of the unforgiving Mara, but Sayra bravely allies herself with him as the train journeys through the Mexican countryside towards the hope of new lives.
Original Release
03/20/2009
US Release
03/20/2009
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Marco Antonio Aguirre | Big Lips |
Leonardo Alonso | Policía Judicial |
Karla Cecilia Alvarado | Marera |
Juan Pablo Arias Barrón | Niño #3 |
Rosalba Belén Barrón | Niño #2 |
Felipe Castro | Marero |
Rosalba Quintana Cruz | Tierra Blanca Mujer |
Marcela Feregrino | Kimberly |
Kristyan Ferrer | El Smiley |
Edgar Flores | Willy 'El Casper' / El Casper |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Marco Antonio Aguirre | Big Lips |
Leonardo Alonso | Policía Judicial |
Karla Cecilia Alvarado | Marera |
Juan Pablo Arias Barrón | Niño #3 |
Rosalba Belén Barrón | Niño #2 |
Felipe Castro | Marero |
Rosalba Quintana Cruz | Tierra Blanca Mujer |
Marcela Feregrino | Kimberly |
Kristyan Ferrer | El Smiley |
Edgar Flores | Willy 'El Casper' / El Casper |
Giovani Florido | El Sipe |
Paulina Gaitan | Sayra |
Ariel Galvan | Migrante #1 |
Diana Garcia | Martha Marlene |
Gabriela Garibaldi | Diana |
Ignacio Gonzalez | Marero |
Noe Hernandez | Resistol |
Lilibeth Flores | Yamila |
Jesús Lira | Marero |
Catalina López | Tia Toña |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Amy Kaufman | Executive Producer |
Gerardo Barrera | Executive Producer |
Pablo Cruz | Executive Producer |
Gael García Bernal | Executive Producer |
Diego Luna | Executive Producer |
Amy Kaufman | Producer |