Credits

DIRECTOR/WRITER Cary Joji Fukunaga
PRODUCER Amy Kaufman

Synopsis

Sin Nombre, winner of the Directing Award and the Excellence in Cinematography Award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival, is an epic dramatic thriller written and directed by Student Academy Award-Winner Cary Joji Fukunaga in his feature debut.  His firsthand experience with Central American immigrants seeking the promise of the U.S. form the basis of the movie.  Sayra (Paulina Gaitan) is a teenager hungering for a brighter future. She bravely allies herself with Casper, a.k.a. Willy (Edgar Flores), as the train they ride atop journeys through the Mexican countryside towards the hope of new lives.