Chop Shop Page #3

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


Tell me if you want them.

- I'll give you $25.

- Why $25?

Because that's a set

and that's not.

Make it $30.

Kid, you want it or not?

Take it or leave it.

Which one...

Go right there?

Yeah, come on.

- Yo, these sneakers is hot.

- I know.

You're gonna wear them

every day, right?

Hell, yeah. Yo, what do you

think about this place?

It's all right.

It's all right?

They got the best burritos.

Lilah.

What is she doing here?

I don't know.

I'm gonna find out.

What's up?

# It's not, it's not,

it's not my fault #

What's going on?

Me and Lilah's gonna go chill

for a little bit, okay?

Where are you going?

I'm going to Woodside.

I'm just gonna hang out.

- But for what?

- To chill.

Chill with who?

With a couple of friends,

all right?

A couple of friends?

And what about dinner?

Dinner's good.

Just take it to the place,

and I'll eat it there.

Oh, thanks for the sneakers.

# No, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no, no #

# It's not my fault #

# It's not my fault #

# That that man loves me #

# And gave his entire life #

# If you didn't know

how to love him #

# If you didn't know how

to adore him, what a shame #

# What grief you give me #

Nothing!

You ain't nothing!

Yo, back up, man.

Don't fight out here.

It's hot.

It is hot.

Ale.

Come here, listen up.

You got to go to bed

early tonight

'cause we're gonna prime

that car in the morning.

Can I paint it?

First you got to learn how to

prime before you can paint.

Here.

See you in the morning.

What did I tell you?

Don't do that in front of me

again, you hear me?

- Good night.

- Good night.

Yo!

Look.

Do you want?

How much?

Look.

Do you want?

No, no, no.

Whatever you want.

All right, for this.

I'll give you five pesos anyway.

Give me. Give me.

When are you coming around

again?

Yo!

Is that your truck?

What the f*** are you doing

over there?

Is that your truck?

Yes or no?

What? Are you jerking off

over there?

Tell me if that's your truck.

No, it's not my f***ing

truck, man.

What the f*** are you asking me

so many questions?

What?

You want a blow job?

'Cause if you want,

you got to get it yourself.

She's no joke.

If she's sucking your dick,

how good can she be?

- What are you doing tonight?

- Nothing.

I got some guys coming over.

We're gonna hang out.

Why don't you come by

and give me a hand?

How much you paying?

Serious.

How are you, man?

Great to see you.

You like this?

It's nice, man,

really, really nice.

Ale, help out Gerard, all right?

Whatever he needs,

get it to him quick, okay?

What's up, guys?

Ale, take the trunk off for me,

quickly.

Listen, guys, hey, come on.

Let's grab these parts,

put it next door,

then we come back

and finish this.

Ale, come on.

Leave it.

Pedro.

Pedro, grab that door.

Yo, kid, come on, get up.

Come on, come on, come on,

let's go.

What's the matter?

You got a hangover?

Count it, check it,

and get the f*** out of here.

I got a lot of things to do,

all right? Come on.

Ale, Ale.

Why you didn't come for lunch?

I was busy.

Here, I saved you this.

So, where were you last night?

You knew I was with Carlos.

Yeah, but you got to tell me

from now on where you at.

Oh, wait, hang on.

Here's for the van.

So, how soon are we gonna

get it?

Ale.

We gonna get it soon,

but I need to give this to Ray.

Well, all right.

Be careful.

Eat your food.

Bye!

Yo, what up, Ale?

What are you doing here?

Did you follow me?

No, I just saw you run up here,

so I wanted to come play.

What do you got there?

DVDs.

You want one?

No, I'm good.

Man, this place is f***ing cool.

Is that the junkyard?

No.

The junkyard's over here.

Oh, sh*t,

that looks like my shop.

It probably is.

You could see it better

from outside.

Come on.

It's over there.

Look, you see it?

You see your place?

Oh, sh*t, yeah,

that is my place.

Look at Tom's Construction

right there.

You think we could ride

the scooter on them hills?

That would be cool.

We should do it.

What are you doing?

Oh, sh*t,

we gonna throw that over?

Aw, shoot, you saw that?

That was cool, man.

Yo, that was cool.

That was crazy.

Did you see that?

Is there anything else

we could throw?

Oh, snap, look.

Whoo!

Yo, what are y'all doing here?

What's up?

- Lilah, where's my sister?

- Go look for her.

What you talking about,

"Go look for her"?

And where y'all getting

these drinks from?

From Isamar.

Yo, these is my drinks.

Yo, y'all got to go.

Yo, Ale.

Hey, where you been at?

Where y'all going?

Yo, why the hell you leave

them here by themselves?

And where the hell were you?

I was at Stella's getting soda.

Yo, Lilah's going to Florida.

Yo, they got to go.

If Rob finds out,

then we're getting kicked out.

Ale, this is Lilah.

And who the hell is Lilah?

Those guys across the street

will tell Rob.

Come on, girl,

let's get out of here.

- Yo.

- What happened?

I'm not going.

I can't go.

- I got to work tomorrow.

- Just give me a call.

Yo, Lilah, send me a postcard.

Are you sure you can't go?

No, I can't.

I'm gonna see you around.

Look, little things like this

will get us kicked out.

Ale, leave it there.

I'm gonna clean it up.

And look at these, too.

Yeah, this is what happens

when your friends come over.

Ale, I said I would

f***ing clean it up!

What?

What are you still doing here?

Priming, painting,

whole new bumper.

- $250.

- $250?

- $250.

- Come on, how much?

The lowest I can go is $200.

- $200?

- Yeah.

- You gonna match it?

- We'll match it.

Do you want it or not?

- Yo, what you need?

- Parts, parts.

Yo, what you need?

Parts, parts, bodywork.

Yo, what you need, yo?

Of course I'll come see you.

It was a good time.

Yo, Ale.

Get me that compressor

from there.

That one.

Yeah, that one.

Now put it there.

Yeah.

Now, I'm doing this job.

I told you. I'm going... now.

Yeah, okay?

All right, yeah.

Yeah, I know.

I can't wait, either.

Yeah.

Yo, Ale.

Ale.

Yo, Laura said I could make

my specials in the van today.

Try to stop by, all right?

It's the heat.

No, I'm serious.

Like around 11:
00, 11:30,

pass by.

All right.

All right, bye.

Why didn't you fix my axle?

'Cause I was waiting for you

to come with the money,

and it's all here.

You'll have it on Thursday.

And what about bill of sale?

You got the bill of sale,

plus there's a title.

You got them both.

Enjoy it.

Make sure it gets to me

on Thursday.

Don't worry.

You're gonna have it.

Enjoy, baby.

Take care, sweetheart.

Bye, Uncle.

Thanks.

Hold up.

We got to get the janitor

to fix that sh*t.

Yeah.

What it says?

All you got to do is you

and your sister sign right here.

- Right here?

- Yeah.

So, where do you get

all this paper from?

It's none of your business.

You been tripping lately.

No, you tripping.

$4, 500 is a lot of money.

Plus, that other night,

you ditched me.

What happened?

Maybe I was with your mom.

I'm just playing, man.

Yo, so, you know,

these hills behind the junkyard.

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