Chop Shop Page #2

Synopsis: Alejandro, a resourceful 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, Alejandro struggles to make a better life for himself and his sixteen-year-old sister.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Ramin Bahrani
Production: Koch Lorber Films
  4 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
83
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
UNRATED
Year:
2007
84 min
Website
226 Views


It's only the first day.

Things are gonna start

getting better.

Ale, all she does is complain

and b*tch at me all the time.

Come on, now.

She ain't all that bad.

I'm gonna work this sh*t out.

Don't worry about it.

What you gonna work out?

I got us this place to stay

at Rob's for free.

I could fix this, too.

- Man, whatever.

- I'm serious.

I'm gonna work this sh*t out.

Don't worry about it.

Yo, where you going

with that thing?

I'm going to Joe's.

Come, you can give me a hand.

- Hey, is this that tire?

- Yeah.

Come on, let's go.

I'm checking.

- Who's Ale?

- Me.

Here's your money.

Nice. Strike two.

That's strike two?

Oh.

Come on, same time, same time.

That sh*t is heavy.

Let me try to knock it down.

Hold up.

Wait for this.

Hold up.

Let me hit it once.

Ah, you suck.

Yo, that sh*t's heavy.

So, where were you?

I woke you up, Ale?

I'm sorry.

You were probably out

with Lilah.

Why you always think

that I'm with Lilah?

So, where were you, then?

I was out shopping.

Look what I bought.

If you like it made

by blind people, yeah.

Then I guess you don't want

what I bought you.

- Quit playing.

- No.

Quit playing.

You dis my shirt,

you're not getting it.

It's probably ugly anyway.

You're so stubborn.

So, do you like it?

It's better than yours.

It's better than mine?

I got it in the same spot.

M ine fits better, anyway.

Oh, please.

You know it doesn't.

M ine looks better.

Whatever.

Get out my bed.

I got to go brush my teeth,

anyways.

Good, your breath stinks.

Your breath stinks, too.

Come on, hurry up.

We have a lot of things to do.

Put it in there.

Please go and get two more,

okay?

Go on, get two more.

Come on, come on.

Come on, sweetie, hurry up,

hurry up.

We have a lot of things to do.

We're running late.

Come on.

The axle's busted, but I'm

getting Carlos' uncle to fix it.

Everything else is good.

So, how's the van?

It's pretty good, right?

$4, 500.

We don't got that type of money.

I already lowered it

from $6, 000.

Come see the inside.

No, I told her I'd be back

in an hour.

How are you gonna leave

without seeing the inside?

Come on.

Look, there's gonna be a cabinet

right here,

all the silverware

right here.

Throw some metal over that,

it's gonna be sparkling.

It's great, right?

- This van is beat up.

- Not at all.

All we need is a new alternator.

Then, everything else...

simple bodywork.

I could fix that by myself.

Yo, Ale, I just talked

to my uncle.

He says he can fix the axle.

See? Things are already

getting better.

I mean, what do we know

about running a van?

What does Laura know?

If we can buy this, Laura ain't

gonna be your boss no more.

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