Sin Nombre

SIN NOMBRE (2009) - Mar. 29, 2011
A really well made film about a young girl traveling through Mexico with the goal of getting to her family in the States; meanwhile, a young member of a tough Mexican gang finds himself on the run when he kills his gang leader.  Featuring some really impressive direction from Cary Fukunaga, who eschews the type of gritty, documentary-style visuals you might expect from a story like this in favour of something much more cinematic.  Fukunaga does a really great job of creating characters who seem real and who become people who we come to care about.  There's also something kind of fascinating about seeing the way that this Mexican gang operates.  The film is quite tense in parts and very enjoyable all the way through.  ***1/2