ÉVALUATION IMDb
7,5/10
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MA NOTE
Une jeune fille du Honduras et un gangster mexicain s'unissent pour un périple le long de la frontière américaine.Une jeune fille du Honduras et un gangster mexicain s'unissent pour un périple le long de la frontière américaine.Une jeune fille du Honduras et un gangster mexicain s'unissent pour un périple le long de la frontière américaine.
- Prix
- 14 victoires et 18 nominations au total
Felipe Castro
- Marero
- (as Sixto Felipe Castro)
Kristyan Ferrer
- El Smiley
- (as Kristian Ferrer)
Giovani Florido
- El Sipe
- (as Giovanni Florido)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesCary Fukunaga spent two years researching the film, spending time with people on the trains and with gangsters in Central America. He also used two gang members to script edit making the slang and language as up to date and realistic as possible.
- GaffesThe teardrop tattoo on el Casper's right eye is missing in two consecutive scenes on the top of the train but is visible on his face throughout the movie both before and after these scenes on the train. Interestingly, the tattoo is an important identifying mark/symbol in the movie and is specifically highlighted by gang members when asking locals if they have seen Casper as they try to find him and hunt him down.
- Bandes originalesSONG FOR BOB
Composed by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
From the Motion Picture Score of L'assassinat de Jesse James par le traître Robert Ford (2007)
(Film Festival prints only)
Commentaire en vedette
Greetings again from the darkness. Nice to see the initial low rating has climbed after more people have discovered it. It is a riveting film that weaves together two heart-wrenching, gritty stories that would otherwise seem unrelated. It is beautifully and realistically photographed and provides no-frills story telling.
Director Cary Fukonaga throws the viewer into the middle of the brutally violent gang world at the same time he depicts the frightening desperation of Hondurans making their way through an unforgiving Mexico towards an unwelcoming United States. Trust me ... you don't wish to be part of either of these worlds.
The film is at its best when these two worlds collide and Willy/Casper makes a life-changing decision to help a would-be victim. Edgar Flores plays Willy/Casper as the reluctant gang member with a conscience who is just trying to have a life outside the gang. He plays hero to Paulina Gaitan's Sayra, who is on her way to see relatives in New Jersey. Ms. Gaitan reminds of the talented Catalina Sandino Moreno from the excellent "Maria Full of Grace". Willy and Sayra are an odd couple, but seem good for each other, though their destiny seems obvious from the first moment.
Some great footage of the inner workings of an ultra violent, macho world of gangs left me wondering how anyone could escape alive. These are very scary people. I can understand some finding this difficult to watch, but I can't understand how it can be mistaken for anything other than fine film-making.
Director Cary Fukonaga throws the viewer into the middle of the brutally violent gang world at the same time he depicts the frightening desperation of Hondurans making their way through an unforgiving Mexico towards an unwelcoming United States. Trust me ... you don't wish to be part of either of these worlds.
The film is at its best when these two worlds collide and Willy/Casper makes a life-changing decision to help a would-be victim. Edgar Flores plays Willy/Casper as the reluctant gang member with a conscience who is just trying to have a life outside the gang. He plays hero to Paulina Gaitan's Sayra, who is on her way to see relatives in New Jersey. Ms. Gaitan reminds of the talented Catalina Sandino Moreno from the excellent "Maria Full of Grace". Willy and Sayra are an odd couple, but seem good for each other, though their destiny seems obvious from the first moment.
Some great footage of the inner workings of an ultra violent, macho world of gangs left me wondering how anyone could escape alive. These are very scary people. I can understand some finding this difficult to watch, but I can't understand how it can be mistaken for anything other than fine film-making.
- ferguson-6
- 4 avr. 2009
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Détails
Box-office
- Brut – États-Unis et Canada
- 2 536 665 $ US
- Fin de semaine d'ouverture – États-Unis et Canada
- 81 446 $ US
- 22 mars 2009
- Brut – à l'échelle mondiale
- 5 102 705 $ US
- Durée1 heure 36 minutes
- Couleur
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 2.35 : 1
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