Man Push Cart (2005)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.9/10   

Director:

Ramin Bahrani

Guionista:

Ramin Bahrani (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

10 mayo 2006 (France)

Género:

Drama

Plot:

A night in the life of a former Pakistani rock star who now sells coffee from his push cart on the streets of Manhattan.

Plot Keywords:

Pakistani | Coffee | Rock Star | Immigrant | Push Cart

Premios:

8 wins & 7 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Haunting, Sensual Mood Piece

Reparto

Ahmad Razvi	...	Ahmad
Leticia Dolera	...	Noemi
Charles Daniel Sandoval	...	Mohammad
Ali Reza	...	Manish
Farooq 'Duke' Muhammad	...	Duke
Panicker Upendran	...	Noori (as Upendran K. Panicker)
Arun Lal	...	Father-in-Law
Razia Mujahid	...	Mother-in-Law
Hassan Razvi	...	Ahmad's son
Mustafa Razvi	...	Pakistani Driver
Altaf Houssein	...	Altaf
Bill Lewis	...	Final Customer
Abdelrahma Abdelaziz	...	Friend at Bar
Ronak Ricky Patel	...	Newstand Worker
Shaana Diya	...	Club Worker

También conocida como:

Un café en cualquier esquina (Spain) [es]

Duración:

USA:87 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Urdu

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

UK:15 | Netherlands:6

Locaciones de Filmación:

New York City, New York, USA

Compañía:

Noruz Films (I)

Haunting, Sensual Mood Piece

Moving with a slow even rhythm, this film portrays a man's struggle to get by as an immigrant to the U.S. from Pakistan. His life centers on his work as a street vendor who must pull his cart to a New York city street corner every morning and sell coffee and such to the busy urban customers. The cart, like his troubles in life are quite allot for him to keep under control as he makes his way through the crowded NYC landscape. What makes the film work so well is the overall atmosphere and style in which it was shot. Ahmad is a reticent soul and much is expressed in his eyes and demeanor, his world is urban and dark, the vast majority of this film is at night and Ahmad seems to be living in a nighttime existence. There's a feeling of confinement and being trapped as well. Even when Ahmed loses his cart it seems there is no place to go to look for it. The relationship that develops with a woman that he meets who also works as a street vendor is tentative and cautionary in its process but also intriguing and sensual. The film is non manipulative and non judgmental, it's an outsider's gaze into one man's lonely isolated existence far from his past and former self.