Sin Nombre

*READ AN INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR CARY FUKUNAGA HERE*

For his debut feature, 31-year-old rookie director Cary Fukunaga has delivered a hard-hitting tragi-masterpiece that jolts from tender sentimentality to gritty real-life violence - inevitably seeing it dubbed the 'new City of God'.

On one side is a young gang member, who is juggling his cruel gangland lifestyle with being a dumb lovestruck teenager. On the other, is a Honduran girl and her uncle and father, who are illegaly trying to enter America via train. When the former rebels against his excessively violent 'boss', both find themselves on the run from South American gangsters all across the continent. *CHECK OUT THE EXCLUSIVE CLIP AT THE ABOVE-RIGHT LINK*

One part road movie, one part cat and mouse thriller, and all tragic love story, this is one of those pacey, powerful ARTHOUSE MOVIES that keeps your eyes open with the tenacity of a pair of pliers. Just don't watch it on a Friday night though because it's also depressing and likely to upset your weekend mood, the rotter...