Sin Nombre (2009)
Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
A Honduran girl rides the freight trains north through Mexico toward the US border alongside a gang member on the run from his own gang in Tapachula.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Honduras≈ 00:04:00Stated on screen
Sayra's father, deported from the US, takes her and her uncle north to join his new family in New Jersey.
- 1Mara Salvatrucha clique≈ 00:00:00Tapachula, MexicoStated on screen
Casper initiates young Smiley into the gang; the gang leader kills Casper's girlfriend.
- 2La Bombilla, train tracks≈ 00:32:00Tapachula, MexicoStated on screen
- 3River crossing≈ 01:20:00Rio Grande, Mexico–US borderInferred
- 4Outside a shopping mall≈ 01:30:00TexasInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 4,175 km
- Places
- 4
- Countries
- 3
- Stops
- 5
- Not shown: 2,586 km
- Train: 1,588 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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