USED PARTS
PARTES USADAS
Intl Feature Competition

France , Mexico , Spain, 2007, 95 min, 35 MM
In Spanish with English subtitles
US Premiere

DIR: Aaron Fernandez
SCR: Aaron Fernandeez
PROD: Aaron Fernandeez , Morteza Mohammadi
DP: Javier Moron
ED: Ana Laura Calderon
PROD DES: Patricia de Burgos
MUS: Nacao Zumbi
CAST: Eduardo Granados, Alan Chavez, Carlos Ceja, Damayanti Quintanar, Pilar Padilla, Raúl Adalid, José Antonio Barón

If nothing succeeds like success, then where does that leave the rest of us? Ending where most immigration stories begin—the promise of the border—USED PARTS uncovers a reality that few see and even fewer get far enough away from to ever talk about.

Wielding his camera like a New World Antonioni, writer/director Aarón Fernández Lesur plunges us into the world of Ivan (Eduardo Granados), a 14 year old who is sure that happiness begins in the United States. Under the friendly tutelage of his crooked uncle, Ivan begins stealing hubcaps and fenders to pay the coyote. This is not Dickens, however; soon the teen has surpassed his erstwhile Dodger and is working directly for a dangerous gangster, falling deeper into the crime that was supposed to be his ticket out.

Brimming with attitude and old-school grit, young Granados exudes sheer tenacity while imbuing Ivan with an undeniable charm. In a culture that celebrates success as much as ours, how can we fault him for doing anything—and everything—to get in?

Duration : 0:2:4

Technorati Tags: AFI, Competition, feature, Fest, Intl, parts, used