Man Push Cart

30. Oct, 2006

Released 6 October 2006

Synopsis:
Every night while the city sleeps, Ahmad, a Pakistani immigrant, struggles to drag his heavy cart along the streets of New York to his corner in Midtown Manhattan. And every morning, from inside his cart he sells coffee and donuts to a city he cannot call his own. He is the worker found on every street corner in every city. He is a man who wonders if he will ever escape his fate.

Film Information

Director: Ramin Bahrani

Writer: Ramin Bahrani

Running Time: 87 mins

Country: USA

Awards: FIPRESCI Prize at 2005 London Film Festival, Special Mention at 2005 Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival, Best Narrative Feature at 2006 Ojai Film Festival, InterFilm Jury Award at 2006 Riga International Film Forum ‘Arsenals’, New American Cinema Award – Honourable Mention at 2006 Seattle International Film Festival, Audience Award and Best Actor (Ahmad Razvi) at 2005 Thessaloniki Film Festival, Reader Jury of the “Standard” – Honorable Mention at 2006 Viennale.