It’s easy to get caught up with the day to day problems that we endure, from grocery shopping, bills, life, etc. and when you see movies like the one above, it tends to put things into check.  Sin Nombre portrays Sayra, (Paulina Gaitan)  a teenage girl from Guatemala that has decided to leave her roots behind in search of a brighter future that exists on the other side of the Mexican border. A brighter future where her father’s family exists in New Jersey. Sayra’s father has come back to Guatemala for his daughter. The two and uncle included trek from Central America through Mexico visa vie raft, train, foot, and car. Their path’s cross with the most notorious savage gang around, the Mara Salvatrucha, when the gang decides to hold up a train full of immigrants trying to get through Mexico en route to Tejas. The gang fights other gangs to keep off of each others turf. El Capser (Edgar Flores), MS-13 gang member, has his love taken away from him in a sick twisted fate of reality when a boss decides to end the life of his secret girlfriend. I won’t ruin the rest, but the movie isn’t for the kiddies, nor the faint at heart, there are some graphic scenes of violence and mutilation. In more Gael Garcia news, he produces the movies and the feature well at Sundance.

O Paradis-Un Lugar Sin Nombre [mp3]

Sin Nombre Trailer