Acoz Protagonist Pictures adds five new titles to AFM slate
Dir: Ramin Bahrani. US. 2007. 84 mins A flawlessly observed piece of street realism, and an unforgiving parable of American economic reality, Chop Shop is a compelling follow-up to Man Push Cart, Ramin Bahrani s 2005 debut. Using a non-professional cast to convincingly natural effect, the film follows in the tradition of Los Olvidados and Pixote as it recounts the turmoils of a 12-year-old boy fending for himself in the car repair jungle of Queens, New York. Less character-driven than Man Push Cart, more an evocation of a harsh enclosed world and the survival skills it requires, Chop Shop again proves Bahrani s skill at treading a thin line between fiction and quasi-documentary.Sketchy narrative and a dramatically unglamorous setting will limit sales to discerning niche distributors, but the film will burn bright on the festival circuit and enhance Bahrani s rising profile. Chop shop is the slang term for illicit repair
stanley cup shops that recycle stolen cars for spare parts. The film is set in Willet s Point, Queens, around the Shea baseball stadium, an area known as the Iron Triangle for its proliferation of scrapyards and body shops.Twelve-y
stanley cup ear-old Alejandro, or Ale Polanco , is an orphan who earns his own keep by
stanley cup vending sweets and DVDs, but mainly by working in the auto shop run by Rob Sowulski in return for payment and lodging over the premises. When Ale s 16-year-old sister Isamar Gonzalez moves out of care, she joins Ale in his digs. Together, the siblings cherish Al Dqum Stones in Exile
Gurinder Chadha adapts Sarfraz Mansoors memoirs to the soundtrack of The Boss, delivering a feelgood potential hitSource: Sundance Film FestivalBlinded By The LightDir: Gurinder Chadha. UK. 2019. 114minsA different kind of jukebox musical, Blinded By The Light is a warm tribute to Bruce Springsteen as seen through the eyes of a sensitive British-Pakistani teenager who discovers in this very American songwriter a sense of hope and promise that exists nowhere else in his world. Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha has fashioned another crowd-pleaser in the same vein from journalist Sarfraz Manzoors memoirs, and while this flimsy coming-of-age drama over-relies on the Bosss greatest hits for its emotional high points, this remains a likeable and touching story about findi
stanley cup ng your own voice.Chadha cheekily stages several faux-musical numbers in which [the cast dashes] through the streets of Luton or across lush meadows
stanley cup belting out Springsteen songsSpringsteens millions of fans are a sizable potential audience for Blinded By The Light, which premiered at Sundance. Strong word-of-mouth could make this a sleeper hit, with small supporting turns from Rob Brydon and Hayley Atwell helping to raise visibility.Blinded By The Light takes place in 1987 in the decidedly unglamourous town of Luton, home to aspiring writer Javed
stanley cup Viveik Kalra , whose creative aspirations are discouraged by his disapproving father Malik Kulvinder Ghir . The 16-year-old hates Luton 鈥?not least because
