Man Push Cart (2005)

Man Push Cart: Directed by Ramin Bahrani. With Ahmad Razvi, Leticia Dolera, Charles Daniel Sandoval, Ali Reza. A night in the life of a former Pakistani rock star who now sells coffee from his push cart on the streets of Manhattan.

“And itu0026#39;s New Yorku0026#39;s loss, not his.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSaw this film this afternoon at Ebertu0026#39;s Overlooked Film Festival. The lead actor, Ahmad Razvi, is not a professional actor, but he holds his own very well. He told the audience after the screening that he had pushed a cart, briefly, but was self-employed when he was discovered by the director behind the counter of his own restaurant. However, in my opinion this is the directoru0026#39;s, Ramin Bahrani, and cinematographeru0026#39;s, a guy named Simmons, film.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere is very little plot. It is about shining a light onto the life of one of the street vendors you can buy from in many of our larger cities, and never really think about. He has a story. Some people will be bored with it, but most of the more insightful audience members will never forget what theyu0026#39;re so convincingly exposed to here.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is Bahraniu0026#39;s first film, I believe, and itu0026#39;s certainly an indication of great things to come. Heu0026#39;s taken the legend of Sisyphus in this his first outing and transformed it into something we can all relate to. And itu0026#39;s something we need to relate to given our current distrust of Muslims, ex-rock star or not. Somehow, though, I doubt that many working at Homeland Security are likely to see it.”