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Quick Info

Rating

7.6/10

Release2009

Runtime1h 36m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

Revenue$5,102,705

Production

Focus Features

Primary Productions

Canana

Movie

Sin Nombre

2009

1h 36m

7.6

Drama

Action

Thriller

Crime

Synopsis

Sayra, a Honduran teen, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to Mexico and then enter the United States. Sayra's life collides with a pair of Mexican gangmembers who have boarded the same American-bound train.

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