Chop Shop Page #2

Synopsis: Alejandro, a resourceful street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives and works in an auto-body repair shop in a sprawling junkyard on the outskirts of Queens, New York. In this chaotic world of adults, Alejandro struggles to make a better life for himself and his sixteen-year-old sister.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Ramin Bahrani
Production: Koch Lorber Films
  4 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
83
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
UNRATED
Year:
2007
84 min
Website
235 Views


Put it in there.

Please go and get two more,

okay?

Go on, get two more.

Come on, come on.

Come on, sweetie, hurry up,

hurry up.

We have a lot of things to do.

We're running late.

Come on.

The axle's busted, but I'm

getting Carlos' uncle to fix it.

Everything else is good.

So, how's the van?

It's pretty good, right?

$4, 500.

We don't got that type of money.

I already lowered it

from $6, 000.

Come see the inside.

No, I told her I'd be back

in an hour.

How are you gonna leave

without seeing the inside?

Come on.

Look, there's gonna be a cabinet

right here,

all the silverware

right here.

Throw some metal over that,

it's gonna be sparkling.

It's great, right?

- This van is beat up.

- Not at all.

All we need is a new alternator.

Then, everything else...

simple bodywork.

I could fix that by myself.

Yo, Ale, I just talked

to my uncle.

He says he can fix the axle.

See? Things are already

getting better.

I mean, what do we know

about running a van?

What does Laura know?

If we can buy this, Laura ain't

gonna be your boss no more.

Yo, I'm gonna come back

with the money.

Just hold this for me,

all right?

Bye, Uncle.

Hey, he wants a glass.

- You want a glass?

- Mirror.

This mirror?

- I got it.

- Nah, get out of here.

What do you need?

- Yeah, I need this and...

- Rob!

Okay, I got it right here.

Yo, come on, bring it in.

Hey, Carlos,

these are your pigeons?

Yep.

Where do they come from?

They come from...

See the bus over there?

So, every morning when I come,

when they see me, they know me.

So they follow me

to open my shop.

Really?

No, they don't.

Really. Look.

If you want, I could catch one

for you now.

Look.

They're my friends.

They like me.

I fail.

You can try sometime.

Ale.

Here's your pay.

I'll see you in the morning.

Ringo, come on.

Come on, let's go.

What are you counting it for?

Whoo-whoo!

That was bad.

- Get off the phone.

- Ale, stop.

Get off the...

Get it out, get it out.

You're gonna make me spill it.

Stop.

I'm gonna call you later, okay?

All right, bye.

Ahmad.

- You done?

- Yeah.

Aw, you got to be...

Yo, Carlos.

You think we got enough feet?

Yeah.

Aah!

If we do get it, it's gonna go

"Isi's Van" and then be red.

How are you putting your name

and picking the color?

Because I'm older than you,

I'm cooking,

and I'm driving that van.

All right, I'm sanding,

I'm priming,

I'm painting,

and doing the letters.

But my name's going

on that van.

All right, all right.

It's going like this.

M y name is going diagonally.

Your initials can maybe go,

like, right here.

- I nitials?

- Yeah.

All right, all right, "Isi. "

That's it.

Nah, it's gonna go "Isi's Van,"

your name on the bottom,

just "Ale" for short.

No, no, no,

I want my whole name.

All right, little,

your whole name,

and it's gonna be red.

- Little?

- Yeah.

Why your name got to be so big?

Because it's gonna be my van.

Guys like girls' names anyways.

All right,

this is how it's gonna go.

M y name goes on the van,

and you pick the color,

and I hold the money because

you don't know how to count.

What are you talking about?

You never even finished school.

At least I finished 10th grade.

You didn't go to school.

So what?

I still know how to count.

And you got to promise

to not eat all the food

and save some

for the customers,

'cause your love handles are

getting too big by the minute.

Shut up.

You know what?

- Name five cereals.

- I don't know no cereals.

I don't know no cereals, please.

I don't know no cereals.

You name five cereals.

Ah, you name five cereals.

You name them.

Name... Name... Name them.

Name... Aah!

No, no, no, stop it!

Yo, Ale!

Hurry up!

The game's gonna start.

- You want to come?

- No.

- You mind if I go?

- Go ahead, go.

Yo, Ale!

Here.

What's this for?

It's money for the van

if you're serious.

I'll put this in my stash

tomorrow.

You sure you don't want to come?

No. Go have fun.

Look, there's somebody

warming up in the bullpen.

Yeah.

It's a better view from up

here than over there.

Yeah.

Yo, I still think second base

is more important.

Nah, I don't think.

I think shortstop is.

You know why?

Because if they get, like,

if the ball hits to them,

they make the double play.

What happened?

What happened?

Come on.

I saw that.

I saw that.

Nah, you missed.

Yo, let's go to the truck stop

and see some whores.

Yeah, come on.

Come on, hurry up.

A whore just got into the truck.

You see?

Yeah.

I wonder what's going on

in there.

That guy's getting lucky.

Yeah, he's probably sucking

on some tits right now.

Oh, please, she's the one

doing the sucking.

Come on, you ain't never even

had a blow job before.

Yeah, I did.

No, you didn't.

You're a lying-ass b*tch.

Look, you ain't even hard

right now, look at you.

Hands off of me, fag.

Yo, come on.

I'll pay for you.

Nah.

"Nah"?

Come on.

What, you scared now?

You being a little p*ssy now?

You don't even know

how much it costs.

Yes, I do.

$40 for a blow job,

$80 for a f***.

Come on.

How do you know all this stuff?

Word gets around.

Come on.

You don't want to get

your dick sucked now?

Come on.

Look, there she is,

there she is.

Ale, wait.

Ale, wait up.

Ale, wait.

Ale, hold up.

Yo, come on, let's go beat

that guy up.

I got a pipe in my shop.

We could smash his windows.

Come on, man.

We could just kill the guy.

Man, it was too dark.

No way that was your sister.

Yo, shut the f*** up!

What the f***, man?

Yo, get up.

I barely touched you.

- F*** you, man.

- F*** you!

You think I don't know

about that sh*t?

Yo, from now on, mind your

f***ing business, all right?

Yo, Ale, hold up.

Come on, man.

Rob, you scared me.

You scared me, too, Isi.

What are you doing?

Trying to get these clothes

to dry.

I left some papers here.

- Why don't you use the heater?

- You sure?

Yeah, I told you kids to use

whatever you want.

Let me plug it in for you

and see.

- Is it good?

- Yeah, it works good.

Just make sure you unplug it so

you don't burn down, all right?

- All right.

- See you later.

Thanks.

Ale, what are you doing here?

You're soaking wet.

- Here.

- What's this?

That's for tips,

if you need the extra money.

Put it right there.

All right, thanks.

What's up, man?

What you got here?

So, did you fix my axle?

I got an ice-cream truck there,

and you don't want it.

Why every time I come here,

you ask me

for the ice-cream truck?

Save you a problem.

It's good.

No.

Do you want one or not?

Yes, I'm gonna take this one

for my wife.

She likes that movie.

How much is it?

$5, but I'll give you 2

for $8.

No, I got no time for that.

Here.

Don't forget to fix my axle.

Don't worry about it.

I'll see you later.

Ale, come on, get up.

Ale, wake up.

Yo, Ale.

Ale, where you going?

Yo, Ale, what's wrong?

Look for a '96 fender.

- Yo, Ahmad.

- What's up?

They're not stolen, are they?

Look at them.

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