2009 Sundance Film Festival Directing Award Dramatic
2009 Sundance Film Festival Excellence In Cinematography Award Dramatic
Cary Joji Fukunaga's debut is worth a look. Telling a straightforward story about a group of young people trying to escape poverty and gang-life in Central America. Willy is trying to escape his street gang and goes on the run with some Guatemalan refugees who are riding on top of trains to get to the border of the USA. It's very gripping but the plot is very predictable and some turns of the tale are unconvincing. Very watchable however, and you can see that this director was talented from the beginning - Beasts of No Nation and True Detective (S1) being the standouts of his later career - he even directed a James Bond movie (NO TIME TO DIE)!