Sin Nombre (2009)
Sin nombre
The greatest sin of all is risking nothing.
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Sin Nombre rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.5/10· 35K votes
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic77%
TMDb7.603/10· 769 votesWith 88% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.5/10 on IMDb and 77/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.
About Sin Nombre
Sayra, a Native Honduran teenager, 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 Indigenous Mexican and Mestizo-Mexican gangmembers who have boarded the same USA-bound train.
Cast of Sin Nombre
Paulina Gaitán
as Sayra
Edgar Flores
as El Casper
Kristyan Ferrer
as El Smiley
Tenoch Huerta Mejía
as Lil' Mago
Gerardo Taracena
as Horacio
Memo Villegas
as Orlando
Luis Fernando Peña
as El Sol
Diana García
as Martha Marlene
Gabino Rodríguez
as El Scarface
Héctor Jiménez
as Leche/ Wounded Man
Marcela Feregrino
as Kimberly
Harold Torres
as El Pícaro
Sin Nombre facts
- Original title
- Sin nombre
- Box office
- $5.1M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Gritty realism documents gang violence and immigration struggles authentically
- •Unflinching examination of human cost in contemporary geopolitical conflict
- •Compelling coming-of-age narrative grounded in brutal social circumstances
What the audience disliked
- •Relentless bleakness provides minimal redemption or hope throughout
- •Occasional melodramatic flourishes undermine documentary-style realism
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