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A former Pakistani rock star attempts to adjust to life in New York City while simultaneously making friends and selling coffee from a push cart on the streets of Manhattan in Iranian-American directo... read more read more...r Ramin Bahrani poignant, character-driven drama. By day Ahmad (Ahmad Razvi) tends to hurried Manhattan-ites by keeping their bellies full and ensuring that they are adequately caffeinated, and by night he supplements his income by selling bootleg porn DVDs. Though Ahmad hopes to one day raise enough money to purchase a place of his own and reunite with his estranged son, times are tough in the city and the hard-working immigrant soon strikes up a tentative friendship with fellow countryman Mohammed (Charles Daniel Sandoval); a generous but sometimes condescending soul who readily takes the fledgling New Yorker under his knowing wing while offering additional work decorating his apartment. Spanish immigrant Noemi (Leticia Dolera) works at a newsstand near Ahmad's cart, and also finds herself warming to the haunted former rock-star's timid ways. As Ahmad, Mohammed, and Noemi gradually begin to socialize together, a tragedy in Ahmad's past soon prompts the struggling New York newcomer to question the true nature of his current relationships. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 26 min.

Directed by: Ramin Bahrani

Release Date: May 12, 2006

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DVD Release Date: October 9, 2007

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  • gator681
    July 22, 2008
    gator681
    [font=Century Gothic]In "Man Push Cart," Ahmad(Ahmad Razvi) spends the pre-dawn hours dragging his push cart through the cavernous avenues of Manhattan to his appointed corner where he serves coffee and bagels to commuters. At night, he makes the long trek back to Brooklyn, drag... read moreging along a propane tank. While buying cigarettes, he finds Noemi(Leticia Dolera), who is from Spain, manning the newsstand. And a fellow Pakistani, Mohammad(Charles Daniel Sandoval), recognizes Ahmad as a once famous singer from nis native Lahore...[/font]
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    [font=Century Gothic]Eschewing any kind of overt politics, writer-director Ramin Bahrani with "Man Push Cart" manages to deftly tell a sober tale about immigrants in post 9/11 New York by showing the city from their vantage point.(I am left wondering how he pulled off some of the shots in the movie.) To him, the immigrants are its backbone, especially Ahmad who works long hours unnoticed, serving up the lifeblood of the city. For once, repetitiveness works, giving a clear indication of what his life is like over the long haul.[/font]
  • Dracula787
    June 29, 2008
    Dracula787
    A micro budget movie about a Pakistani immigrant working at a coffee stand on the streets of New York. Almost the definition of a "sundancy" movie, the film is a neat little slice of life. The film basically just follows this character over the course of a week and see his strugg... read moreles. Throughout the film there's a real tension the viewer can't quite put their finger on, you just know something bad is going to happen but you've gotten to know this guy so well that you can hardly bear to watch. The film is marred by it's low budget, one can tell that a number of the supporting characters are played by amateurs and a few scenes supposedly set in a nightclub look like they were shot in someone's garage. Otherwise this is a very compelling independent movie.
  • GabrielKnight
    December 12, 2011
    GabrielKnight
    While on the surface this appears to be a movie about immigrant's life, it's really more about the man coping with grief. The director uses minimalistic approach, we learn about the protagonist from the snippets of conversations, nothing is explicitly explained and in fact most o... read moref his story remains untold. What makes this movie worthwhile are nuanced performances and attention to the detail.
  • swimbikebeer
    November 23, 2009
    swimbikebeer
    wow, the dude used to have a recording contract and now selling coffee, good story of a man trying to live life after quick fame and death of his wife
  • jam233
    November 16, 2009
    jam233
    The slow pace really works well for this film. Very well acted, touching and so believably presented. Fine direction, gritty and realistic. The character development is excellent.
  • BInch1
    November 8, 2008
    BInch1
    ...a touching tale of one man looking for the american dream...a beautifully shot of life for one in New York...
  • jamiebabysf
    January 23, 2008
    jamiebabysf
    There is something that just grabs you...about this film. Poigniant. A story worth hearing, and watching!

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Peter Hartlaub
December 8, 2006
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle

The makers of Man Push Cart seem so dedicated to making a film that defies Hollywood conventions that the finished product lacks enough entertainment value to justify price of admission. Full Review

Lisa Kennedy
December 1, 2006
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

Michael Simmond's cinematography, especially in scenes of Ahmad muscling his way amid evening traffic and early-morning delivery trucks, is wonderfully true to the moods of a city that never sleeps an... Full Review

Robert Denerstein
December 1, 2006
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News

Shot in three weeks, Man Push Cart does a fine job of capturing the bitter flavor of Ahmad's life.

Roger Ebert
October 20, 2006
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Free of contrived melodrama and phony suspense, it ennobles the hard work by which its hero earns his daily bread. Full Review

Michael Wilmington
October 19, 2006
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

Ahmad's concerns -- his sadness and his striving -- become universal. Though his early-morning riser's world is gray and threaded with melancholy, it becomes, in the end, a place we recognize. Full Review

Jack Mathews
September 23, 2006
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News

You'll think of him the next time you pass a cart. Full Review

Kevin Thomas
September 23, 2006
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

It's by no means an exaggeration to describe this quietly powerful film as Bressonian. Full Review

Lou Lumenick
September 8, 2006
Lou Lumenick, New York Post

... a fascinating, sad, sometimes quite poetic window into a grueling way of life most of us know little about.

Owen Gleiberman
September 8, 2006
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

The writer-director, Ramin Bahrani, is a natural-born filmmaker who captures how the banal physical details of manning a pushcart could come to define a life. Full Review

John Anderson
September 7, 2006
John Anderson, Newsday

Synthesizes aspiration, resignation, anonymity, celebrity, opportunity and denial into a portrait of something far beyond the immigrant experience. Full Review

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