Sin Nombre (2009)

This movie, in Spanish, had two Sundance wins, for U.S. Directing (American-born Cary Fukunaga, AKA Cary Joji Fukunaga) and U.S. Dramatic Cinematography (Adriano Goldman, who is Brazilian), as well as a nomination for Grand Jury Prize. It had some beautiful shots in it. Fukunaga, who made his feature directing debut with this, won ten awards (including a Student Academy Award) for his last project, Victoria para chino (2004), a short film that had nothing to do with victory for China, but was instead about a truckload of illegal Mexican immigrants. Illegal immigration is also in Sin Nombre (which means nameless), as well as Mexican gang members with some impressive and scary tattoos (though the tattoos are not the scariest things about them). Beware, there will be blood. This is a powerful movie and Jack and I both recommend it. You might learn some Spanish curse words, too.