Sin Nombre


1h 36m 2009

Brief Synopsis

After murdering his gang's leader, a teenager joins a family of Honduran immigrants making the dangerous journey across Mexico to the United States, avoiding a fellow gang member who has been sent to kill him along the way.

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Crime
Foreign
Thriller
Release Date
2009
Production Company
Aon/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services; Canana Films; Cletus Catering; Deluxe Australia; Efilm; Focus Features; Ken Bannister; Madman Entertainment Pty., Ltd.; Mike Turner; Mr. X Inc.; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
Distribution Company
Focus Features; 20th Century Fox International; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm; Bontonfilm; Cinemania; Cinemania Groupicon; Clmc Multimedia Sa; Diaphana Distribution; Diaphana Films; Filmcoopi Zurich Ag; Focus Features; Norsk Filmdistribusjon; Odeon S.A.; Polyfilm Verleih Gmbh; Prokino Filmverleih Gmbh; Revolver; Revolver Entertainment; Revolver Entertainment; Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland Oy; Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige Ab (Sweden); Tatra Film; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment; Universal Pictures International

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 36m

Synopsis

After murdering his gang's leader, a teenager joins a family of Honduran immigrants making the dangerous journey across Mexico to the United States, avoiding a fellow gang member who has been sent to kill him along the way.

Crew

Víctor Acosta

Electrician

Hugo Aguilera

Stunts

Adnan Ahmed

Production

Jesus Almontes

Props

Gerardo Alvarez

Painter

Karina álvarez

Extras Casting Assistant

José Ambrosio

Carpenter

Erika Archaga

Dialogue Coach

Peter Armstrong

Visual Effects Producer

Mark Baechle

Music

Mark Baechle

Original Music

Steve Baine

Foley Artist

Ioan Balcosi

Digital Effects Artist

Ken Bannister

Production Insurance

Gerardo Barrera

Executive Producer

Luis Becerril

Set Designer

Todd Beckett

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Carlos Benassini

Art Director

Barb Benoit

Digital Effects Artist

Dennis Berardi

Visual Effects Producer

Christine Bergren

Music

Gael García Bernal

Executive Producer

David Berti

Consultant

Robert Bertola

Music Editor

Tom Bjelic

Sound Effects Editor

Roberta Bratti

Project Manager

Karl Braun

Location Manager

Stephen Brown

Film Lab

Balo Bucio

Stunt Coordinator

Julian Bucio

Stunt Coordinator

Ayo Burgess

Digital Effects Artist

Benigno Cabañas

Set Decorator

Wilson Cameron

Visual Effects

Jeff Capogreco

Digital Effects Artist

Luis Carballar

Editor

Dan Carnegie

Animator

Rodrigo Carvahlo

Camera Operator

Gustavo Castellanos

Property Master

Laila Castillo

Unit Production Manager

Juan Carlos Chavez

Makeup Assistant

Daniel Coe

Music

Daniel Coe

Original Music

Claudio Contreras

Production Designer

Jimena Contreras

Art Department Coordinator

Arturo Castaneda Corona

Assistant Camera

Raul Cortes

Grip

Gustavo Covarrubias

Best Boy Grip

Gustavo Covarrubias

Key Grip

Ricardo Covarrubias

Dolly Grip

Pablo Cruz

Executive Producer

Rodolfo Cruz

Costumer

Robert Darwell

Legal Services

Carmen De La Torre

Makeup Assistant

Mayte De La Torre

Makeup

Eduardo Davalos De Luna

Song

Viviana Delgado

Makeup

Dick El Demasiado

Song Performer

Dick El Demasiado

Song

Ricardo Deneke

Steadicam Operator

Maria Dioni

Assistant Director

Edgar Neri Dominguez

Costumer

Keith Elliott

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Dan Elortegui

Assistant Editor

Amanda L Escalante

Song

Amanda L Escalante

Song Performer

Lynn Fainchtein

Music Supervisor

Enrique Franco

Song

Jamie Franklin

Film Lab

Sandra Frias

Makeup

Monica Fuentes

Makeup

Cary Fukunaga

Screenplay

Allan Fung

Adr Editor

Leonel Gabino

Stunts

Pietro Gallo

Titles And Opticals

Salvador De Gante S

Grip

Alejandro Garcia

Carpenter

Alfredo Garcia

Makeup Designer

Antonio Garcia

Stunts

Juan Carlos Garcia

Accounting Assistant

Manuel Garcia G

Loader

Efrain Garcia Mora

Sound Recordist

Mark Gingras

Supervising Sound Editor

Adriano Goldman

Director Of Photography

Brenda Gomez

Costumer

Carlos Gómez

Stunts

Eduardo Gomez

Stunts

Jorge Gomez

Electrician

Cesar Gonzalez

Location Assistant

Ignacio Gonzalez

Set Production Assistant

Norali Gonzalez

Production Coordinator

Miguel Angel Gonzalez Rodriguez

Song

Jamie Gould

Rerecording Assistant

Guillermo Granados

Property Master

Jesús Guarneros

Art Assistant

Maurilio López Guerra

Song Performer

Javier Gunther

Transportation Coordinator

Fernando Gutierrez

Assistant Camera

Jose Gutierrez

Camera Operator

Sofia Guzman

Set Production Assistant

Alan Heredia

Electrician

Elsa Hermoso

Production Accountant

Esau Hernandez

Set Decorator

Genaro Hernandez

Casting Assistant

Gustavo Hernandez

Transportation Captain

René Hernández

Set Decorator

Victor Herrera

Assistant Director

Carla Hool

Casting

Lee Hughes

Production Manager

Gregor Hutchison

Post-Production Supervisor

Gloria Irias

Casting

Salvador Jacobo

Makeup

Lara Johnston

Assistant Editor

Ivan Juarez

Costumer

Hyomin Kang

Music

Amy Kaufman

Producer

Richard King

Score Recording

Ashley Kravitz

Rights & Clearances

Nick Kreiss

Assistant

Mike Kwan

Digital Effects Artist

John Laing

Supervising Sound Editor

Katia Lara

Casting

Trevor Lewis

Film Lab

Pedro Lezama

Assistant Camera

Fortino López

Costumer

Rafael Lopez

Costumer

Jose Lopez Alaves

Song

Benito Lovera

Carpenter

Fernando Lovera

Carpenter

Francisco Lovera

Carpenter

Mc Luka

Song

Diego Luna

Executive Producer

Maria De Jesus Luna

Costumer

Chris Mackenzie

Titles And Opticals

María Francisca Marquez

Makeup Assistant

Abizail Martínez

Makeup

Eniac Martinez

Photography

Bulmaro Martínez V

Song Performer

Tom Mayclim

Film Lab

Arnulfo Mayorga

Production Coordinator

Colin Mcclellan

Adr

Craig Mckay

Editor

Matthew Mckenzie

Adr

Sarah Mcmurdo

Visual Effects Producer

José Medina

Stunts

Rafael Mejia

Grip

Carlos Mendoza Campos

Grip

Ricardo Mendoza Kaplan

Accounting Assistant

Linda Millard

Production

Ernesto Munoz

Sound Recordist

Gerardo Ledezma Munoz

Costumer

Dave Muscat

Visual Effects Editor

Eric Myles

Titles And Opticals

Norberto Nava

Security

Víctor Neria

Carpenter

Gabriel Nuncio

Research And Content Consultant

Santiago Nuñez

Sound Department

Juan Olaldo

Stunts

Oliver Ortega

Makeup

Alfonso Pacheco

Special Effects Assistant

Marcelino Pacheco

Special Effects Coordinator

Marcelino Pacheco

Special Effects Assistant

Israel Paez

Assistant Camera

Leticia Palacios

Costume Designer

Arturo Palafox

Graphic Artist

Andrea Papouek

Casting

Junsoo Park

Digital Effects Artist

Israel Pasco

Script Supervisor

Nick Paulozza

Film Lab

Diana Pazzano

Production

Roberto Peniche

Swing Gang

Humberto Peralta

Painter

Jorge Vega Perez

Carpenter

Peter Persaud

Foley Recordist

Rob Phillips

Dailies

Trevor Pickard

Film Lab

Daniel C Pineda

Song

Luis A Porcayo

Extras Casting Assistant

Brigitte Rabazo Lopez

Assistant Editor

Aaron Ramírez

Carpenter

Gerardo Ramirez

Construction

Hugo Ramirez

Stunts

Saul Ramirez

Construction

Victor Manuel Ramirez

Electrician

Alfonso Rangel

Carpenter

Rafael Ravelo

Set Costumer

Carlos Renero

Animal Wrangler

Jorge Reyes

Location Assistant

Juan Jesús Reyes

Painter

Dr. Roberto Reyna

Medic

Nicolas Lopez Rios

Carpenter

Jim Robb

Assistant Sound Editor

Aida Rodriguez

Assistant Art Director

Luis Manuel Rodríguez

Carpenter

Roman Leonardo Rodriguez

Song

Isabel Rojas

Makeup

Jimena Romero

Makeup

Valentín Romero

Carpenter

Maribel C Romo

Hair Stylist

Alonso Rosado

Stunts

Philip Rothman

Original Music

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Crime
Foreign
Thriller
Release Date
2009
Production Company
Aon/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services; Canana Films; Cletus Catering; Deluxe Australia; Efilm; Focus Features; Ken Bannister; Madman Entertainment Pty., Ltd.; Mike Turner; Mr. X Inc.; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
Distribution Company
Focus Features; 20th Century Fox International; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm; Bontonfilm; Cinemania; Cinemania Groupicon; Clmc Multimedia Sa; Diaphana Distribution; Diaphana Films; Filmcoopi Zurich Ag; Focus Features; Norsk Filmdistribusjon; Odeon S.A.; Polyfilm Verleih Gmbh; Prokino Filmverleih Gmbh; Revolver; Revolver Entertainment; Revolver Entertainment; Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland Oy; Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige Ab (Sweden); Tatra Film; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment; Universal Pictures International

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 36m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Nominated for three 2009 Spirit Awards including Best Feature, Best Director and Best Cinematography by Film Independent (FIND).

Winner of the 2009 award for Best Foreign Film by the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA).

Winner of the Skillset New Directors Award at the 2009 Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Winner of two awards including the U.S. Dramatic Directing Award and the U.S. Dramatic Excellence in Cinematography Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

Released in United States Spring March 20, 2009

Released in United States on Video September 1, 2009

Released in United States January 2009

Released in United States March 2009

Released in United States June 2009

Released in United States July 2009

Released in United States September 2009

Shown at South by Southwest Film Festival (Spotlight Premieres) March 13-21, 2009.

Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Rosebud) June 17-28, 2009.

Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Horizons) July 3-11, 2009.

Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Horizontes Latinos) September 18-26, 2009.

Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema (Competition) September 4-13, 2009.

Released in United States Spring March 20, 2009

Released in United States on Video September 1, 2009

Released in United States January 2009 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (U.S. Dramatic Competition) January 15-25, 2009.)

Released in United States March 2009 (Shown at South by Southwest Film Festival (Spotlight Premieres) March 13-21, 2009.)

Released in United States June 2009 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Rosebud) June 17-28, 2009.)

Released in United States July 2009 (Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Horizons) July 3-11, 2009.)

Released in United States September 2009 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Horizontes Latinos) September 18-26, 2009.)

Released in United States September 2009 (Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema (Competition) September 4-13, 2009. )

Co-winner of the Jury Prize at the 2009 Deauville Festival of American Cinema.