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
Bhavna Toor	...	Ahmad's Wife
Adrian Quezada	...	Ahmad's Baby
Atif Muhammad Mirza	...	Atif the Stab Victim
R.N. Rao	...	Veterinarian
Issam Abdelkader	...	Push Cart Garage Owner
Qamar Bukhari	...	Guy in Karaoke
Asim Mujahid	...	Guy in Karaoke
Mousa Kraish	...	Guy in Karaoke
Mariam Sologashvili	...	Customer
Thomas Russo	...	Customer
Marcus Bonnée	...	Customer
Paul Ross	...	Customer
Darryl Meadows	...	Customer
Linda K. Alexis	...	Customer
Damita Spencer	...	Customer
Katherine Boyle	...	Customer
David Boyle	...	Customer
Edward Harper	...	Customer
Ana Brzova	...	Girl Outside Club
Katharyn Yew	...	Karaoke Waitress
Cynthia Martin	...	Girl in Limo
Sybil Prince	...	Girl in Limo
Nicholas Elliott	...	Falafel Customer
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Kal Parekh	...	Club Patron (uncredited)
Jesus A. Del Rosario Jr.	...	P.O. Bentley (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Ramin Bahrani

Créditos del guión (en orden alfabético)
Ramin Bahrani		writer

Producida por
Ramin Bahrani	....	producer
Brian Bell	....	co-producer
Bedford T. Bentley	....	producer (as Bradford T. Bentley III)
Scott Booth	....	executive producer
Tom Donahue	....	co-producer
Pradip Ghosh	....	producer
Anura Idupuganti	....	co-producer
Vinay Jayaram	....	executive producer
Sanjay Motwani	....	executive producer
Lisa Muskat	....	executive producer
Steve Sabba	....	executive producer

Música original por
Peyman Yazdanian

Fotografía por
Michael Simmonds		(director of photography)

Montaje por
Ramin Bahrani

Dirección artística
Charles Dafler

Diseño de vestuario por
Elena Kouvaros

Dirección de producción
Nicholas Frayn	....	production manager
John Freund	....	post-production supervisor

Ayudante de dirección
Nicholas Elliott	....	assistant director

Departamento de sonido
Greg Bittar	....	sound assistant
David Crabb	....	additional foley editor
Tom Efinger	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom Efinger	....	sound supervisor
Christof Gebert	....	sound mixer
John Moros	....	assistant sound editor
Abigail Savage	....	sound designer
Nicholas Schenck	....	adr editor
Brian Vancho	....	foley artist

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Jon Higgins	....	still photographer
Mark Koenig	....	key gaffer
Katharina Rohrer	....	assistant camera

Departamento de reparto
Kimberly Hope	....	casting associate (uncredited)

Departamento de Edición
Ed Beyer	....	film timer
Christina Kelly	....	assistant editor
Mike Maguire	....	color corrector: high definition
John Rehberger	....	on-line editor: high definition
Benjamin Stark	....	assistant editor
Jane Tolmachyov	....	color timer
John Wu	....	first assistant editor

Departamento de Música
Dual	....	composer: additional original music
Sandra Trujillo	....	music supervisor

Otros miembros del equipo
Hooman Bahrani	....	manager: Noruz Films
David Frisco	....	title designer
Aden Hakimi	....	production assistant
Jesse Lehrhoff	....	production assistant
Matt Luxenberg	....	account executive: DuArt
Joe Monge	....	vice president of video operations: DuArt
Sybil Prince	....	intern
Himkar Tak	....	intern

Gracias
Aravind Adiga	....	special thanks
Bahareh Azimi	....	special thanks
Patrick Haischer	....	thanks

Compañías Productores

• Noruz Films (I)
• Flip Side Film (in association with)

Distribuidores

• Koch Lorber Films (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Aquelarre (2006) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Ciné Classic (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Divisa Home Video (2007) (Spain) (DVD)
• Dogwoof Pictures (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
• Films Philos (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Imagine Films Distribution (2006) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Imagine Films Distribution (2006) (Luxembourg) (theatrical)
• Imagine Films Distribution (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Medial (2006) (Greece) (theatrical)

Otras Compañías

• Dig-It Audio  audio post-production facility
• Jeremy Walker + Associates  publicity
• Taxpro Financial Network  accounting

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.