Latinos. The movie that is crucial for perspective and universal tolerance toward one another is Sin Nombre directed by Cary Fukunaga and its more well known indie actors now executive producers Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna. I do not mean to exclude anyone but if you yourself, parents, grandparents, tios/tias, or anyone near and dear escaped a struggle, whether it be social, economic,political or (the one that ties both together) emotional, this film will answer the why and why nots that come along with immigrating over here.
In Sin Nombre, a meeting of opposing worlds tales place when a reformed Mara Salvatrucha member is hero to a Honduran girl Sayra, not certain what her definition of family is for she hardly knows her own. Both with their own ghosts, strengths and at time weaknesses, they help each other to eventually hope for the prize of el norte. Edgar Flores' performance as Willy (also known as Casper,) will shake you to the core, for he is as lost as any of us have found ourselves, and portrays a familiar courage as we know those who have decided to cross from their lands have. He and the film itself does an excellent job of portraying the multiple reasons and inner conflicting reasons of why they had to flee wherever they came from.
The grittiness of the scenery brings the reality to the screen, from the tattoos on the many gangsters that no one would think twice to run from, to color of the dirty roads and impoverished neighborhoods that portray devastating reality. The beauty of the three locations, (Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras) are never masked, for its people are portrayed all natural onscreen, without typical Hollywood glam effect. Also, the dialogue is so authentically Central American which is important when it comes to having an audience lured in more,because many who are watching are experts and have maintained their language in tact. Sin Nombre has definitely earned the title of most intense and emotionally gripping drama.
The grittiness of the scenery brings the reality to the screen, from the tattoos on the many gangsters that no one would think twice to run from, to color of the dirty roads and impoverished neighborhoods that portray devastating reality. The beauty of the three locations, (Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras) are never masked, for its people are portrayed all natural onscreen, without typical Hollywood glam effect. Also, the dialogue is so authentically Central American which is important when it comes to having an audience lured in more,because many who are watching are experts and have maintained their language in tact. Sin Nombre has definitely earned the title of most intense and emotionally gripping drama.
