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Sin Nombre
2009
· Movie
· 96 min
B
MEANRANK
77/100
Every rating
64–89
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 64, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 89.
See the most agreed on films →A teenage girl from Honduras embarks on a perilous train journey through Mexico to seek a better life in the United States. Her path intersects with a former Mexican gang member who is now a target of his former crew, and they must rely on each other to survive the northbound trek.
Details
- Director
- Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Writer
- Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Studio
- Focus Features, Primary Productions, Canana
- Released
- 20 March 2009
- Country
- Mexico, United States
- Language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $5.1M
- Awards
- 10 wins, 9 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 19 →2 major awards won · 10 wins from 19 nominations across 13 ceremonies
| 2009 Sundance Film Festival Awards (U.S. Dramatic Competition) 2009 | Excellence in Cinematography | Adriano Goldman | Winner |
| 2009 Sundance Film Festival Awards (U.S. Dramatic Competition) 2009 | Directing Award | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Winner |
| 2009 Edinburgh International Film Festival 2009 | Skillset New Directors Award | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Winner |
| 2009 Stockholm International Film Festival Awards 2009 | Best First Feature | Winner | |
| 2009 Stockholm International Film Festival Awards 2009 | Best Actor | Edgar Flores | Winner |
| 2009 Stockholm International Film Festival Awards 2009 | FIPRESCI International Film Critics Prize for Best Film | Winner | |
| Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2009 | Best Foreign Language Film | Winner | |
| British Independent Film Awards 2009 2009 | Best Foreign Film | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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2009 Sundance Film Festival Awards (U.S. Dramatic Competition)
2 nominations, 2 won
| Directing Award | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Winner |
| Excellence in Cinematography | Adriano Goldman | Winner |
2009 Stockholm International Film Festival Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Edgar Flores | Winner |
| Best First Feature | Winner | |
| FIPRESCI International Film Critics Prize for Best Film | Winner |
2009 Edinburgh International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Skillset New Directors Award | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Winner |
Austin Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner |
Deauville American Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Jury Prize (tied) | Winner |
Indiana Film Journalists Association Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner |
Spirit Awards
3 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Adriano Goldman | Nominee |
| Best Director | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Nominee |
| Best Feature | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2 nominations
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee | |
| Most Promising Filmmaker | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Nominee |
British Independent Film Awards 2009
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Nominee |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
EDA [Alliance of Women Film Journalists] Award
1 nomination
| Best Non-English-Language Film | Nominee |
St. Louis Film Critics Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |