DVD Mini Review - Man Push Cart
Ramin Bahrani's Man Push Cart is a wonderful little film. And I say little because it was obviously shot on a tight budget.
The story takes place in New York City. In fact, the city is one of the main characters. And as life long New Yorker I can tell you that Bahrani captured New York to a tee. The protagonist of the film is Ahmad (Ahmad Razul). Ahmad is struggling to pay off his cart. He sells bagels, doughnuts, tea and coffee to busy New Yorkers. His is a life of solitude. He came to the US from Pakistan with his wife and child. His wife died and his child lives with his wife's parents. Back in Pakistan he was a famous singer but in the US he struggles to make ends meet.
Ahmad strikes up a friendship with one of his customers Mohammed (Charles Daniel Sandoval) who is well off and recognizes him from Pakistan. Ahmad also becomes friends with Noemi (Leticia Dolera) a Spanish woman who works at a new stand. All of the acting is good and Razul is fantastic. I believe that the film received several Spirit nominations this past year.
Man Push Cart is a real slice of life film. Things that happen in the movie can surely happen in real life. I don't want to say how things turn out for Ahmad. Why should I ruin things for you? But I certainly urge you to rent Man Push Cart.
The story takes place in New York City. In fact, the city is one of the main characters. And as life long New Yorker I can tell you that Bahrani captured New York to a tee. The protagonist of the film is Ahmad (Ahmad Razul). Ahmad is struggling to pay off his cart. He sells bagels, doughnuts, tea and coffee to busy New Yorkers. His is a life of solitude. He came to the US from Pakistan with his wife and child. His wife died and his child lives with his wife's parents. Back in Pakistan he was a famous singer but in the US he struggles to make ends meet.
Ahmad strikes up a friendship with one of his customers Mohammed (Charles Daniel Sandoval) who is well off and recognizes him from Pakistan. Ahmad also becomes friends with Noemi (Leticia Dolera) a Spanish woman who works at a new stand. All of the acting is good and Razul is fantastic. I believe that the film received several Spirit nominations this past year.
Man Push Cart is a real slice of life film. Things that happen in the movie can surely happen in real life. I don't want to say how things turn out for Ahmad. Why should I ruin things for you? But I certainly urge you to rent Man Push Cart.
posted by Film Fanatic | 8:29 PM
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His new film, Chop Shop, is being released in theaters starting in NYC in February at the Film Forum. It has already been at the Cannes and Toronto Film Festival (where I saw it), and just got into Berlin Festival -
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