Directed by:
Cary Joji FukunagaScreenplay:
Cary Joji FukunagaCinematography:
Adriano GoldmanComposer:
Marcelo ZarvosCast:
Paulina Gaitan, Edgar Flores, Memo Villegas, Gabino Rodríguez, Diana Garcia, Héctor Jiménez, Gerardo Taracena, Tenoch Huerta, Noé Hernández, Kristyan Ferrer (more)Plots(1)
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 García), keeping their love a secret from the Mara. But when Martha encounters Tapachula’s Mara leader Lil’ Mago (Tenoch Huerta Mejía), 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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Paulina Gaitan
Mexico
Best movies:
Sin nombre (2009)
Four Moons (2014)
Innocent Voices (2004)
Edgar Flores
Honduras
Best movies:
Sin nombre (2009)
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Memo Villegas
Best movies:
Sin nombre (2009)
Raging Sun, Raging Sky (2009)
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Gabino Rodríguez
Mexico
Best movies:
Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You (2001)
Sin nombre (2009)
Hell (2010)
Diana Garcia
Mexico
Best movies:
What Maisie Knew (2012)
Sin nombre (2009)
The Air I Breathe (2007)
Héctor Jiménez
Best movies:
Sin nombre (2009)
Hell (2010)
Innocent Voices (2004)
Gerardo Taracena
Mexico
Best movies:
The Violin (2005)
Man on Fire (2004)
Apocalypto (2006)
Tenoch Huerta
Mexico
Best movies:
Sin nombre (2009)
Hell (2010)
For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
Noé Hernández
Mexico
Best movies:
Sin nombre (2009)
Hell (2010)
A Monster with a Thousand Heads (2015)
Kristyan Ferrer
Mexico
Best movies:
Sin nombre (2009)
Hell (2010)
Inhale (2010)
Harold Torres
Mexico
Best movies:
Sin nombre (2009)
For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
Texas Rising (2015) (series)
Luis Fernando Peña
Best movies:
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Sin nombre (2009)
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Felipe Castro
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Sin nombre (2009)
Chile puede (2008)
Damayanti Quintanar
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Sin nombre (2009)
Under the Salt (2008)
Sin ella (2010)
Mary Paz Mata
Best movies:
Sin nombre (2009)
Matando Cabos (2004)
Nosotros los Nobles (2013)
Marco Antonio Aguirre
Best movies:
Sin nombre (2009)
A Monster with a Thousand Heads (2015)
Gringo (2018)
Andrés Valdéz
Best movies:
Sin nombre (2009)
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Fernando Manzano
Best movies:
Sin nombre (2009)
Ravenous (1999)
Antonieta (1982)
Leonardo Alonso
Best movies:
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New Order (2020)
Where the Tracks End (2023)