Chop Shop Page #3

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
230 Views


Yo, I'm gonna come back

with the money.

Just hold this for me,

all right?

Bye, Uncle.

Hey, he wants a glass.

- You want a glass?

- Mirror.

This mirror?

- I got it.

- Nah, get out of here.

What do you need?

- Yeah, I need this and...

- Rob!

Okay, I got it right here.

Yo, come on, bring it in.

Hey, Carlos,

these are your pigeons?

Yep.

Where do they come from?

They come from...

See the bus over there?

So, every morning when I come,

when they see me, they know me.

So they follow me

to open my shop.

Really?

No, they don't.

Really. Look.

If you want, I could catch one

for you now.

Look.

They're my friends.

They like me.

I fail.

You can try sometime.

Ale.

Here's your pay.

I'll see you in the morning.

Ringo, come on.

Come on, let's go.

What are you counting it for?

Whoo-whoo!

That was bad.

- Get off the phone.

- Ale, stop.

Get off the...

Get it out, get it out.

You're gonna make me spill it.

Stop.

I'm gonna call you later, okay?

All right, bye.

Ahmad.

- You done?

- Yeah.

Aw, you got to be...

Yo, Carlos.

You think we got enough feet?

Yeah.

Aah!

If we do get it, it's gonna go

"Isi's Van" and then be red.

How are you putting your name

and picking the color?

Because I'm older than you,

I'm cooking,

and I'm driving that van.

All right, I'm sanding,

I'm priming,

I'm painting,

and doing the letters.

But my name's going

on that van.

All right, all right.

It's going like this.

M y name is going diagonally.

Your initials can maybe go,

like, right here.

- I nitials?

- Yeah.

All right, all right, "Isi. "

That's it.

Nah, it's gonna go "Isi's Van,"

your name on the bottom,

just "Ale" for short.

No, no, no,

I want my whole name.

All right, little,

your whole name,

and it's gonna be red.

- Little?

- Yeah.

Why your name got to be so big?

Because it's gonna be my van.

Guys like girls' names anyways.

All right,

this is how it's gonna go.

M y name goes on the van,

and you pick the color,

and I hold the money because

you don't know how to count.

What are you talking about?

You never even finished school.

At least I finished 10th grade.

You didn't go to school.

So what?

I still know how to count.

And you got to promise

to not eat all the food

and save some

for the customers,

'cause your love handles are

getting too big by the minute.

Shut up.

You know what?

- Name five cereals.

- I don't know no cereals.

I don't know no cereals, please.

I don't know no cereals.

You name five cereals.

Ah, you name five cereals.

You name them.

Name... Name... Name them.

Name... Aah!

No, no, no, stop it!

Yo, Ale!

Hurry up!

The game's gonna start.

- You want to come?

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