Man Push Cart
Directed by Ramin Bahrani • 2005 • United States
Starring Ahmad Razvi, Leticia Dolera, Charles Daniel Sandoval
A modest miracle of twenty-first-century neorealism, the acclaimed debut feature by Ramin Bahrani speaks quietly but profoundly to the experiences of those living on the margins of the American dream. Back in his home country of Pakistan, Ahmad (Ahmad Razvi, elements of whose own life story were woven into the script) was a famous rock star. Now a widower separated from his son and adrift in New York, he works long hours selling coffee and bagels from a Midtown Manhattan food cart, engaged in a Sisyphean search for human connection and a sense of purpose that seems perpetually just out of reach. A rare immigrant’s-eye view of a post-9/11 city suffused with subtle paranoia and xenophobia, MAN PUSH CART gives at once empathetic and clear-eyed expression to the everyday drama of human endurance.
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Man Push Cart
Directed by Ramin Bahrani • 2005 • United States
Starring Ahmad Razvi, Leticia Dolera, Charles Daniel SandovalA modest miracle of twenty-first-century neorealism, the acclaimed debut feature by Ramin Bahrani speaks quietly but profoundly to the experiences of those living on the margins of the ...
Extras
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MAN PUSH CART Commentary
The following commentary, recorded in 2005, features director Ramin Bahrani, director of photography Michael Simmonds, assistant director Nicholas Elliott, and actor Ahmad Razvi.
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Against All Odds: Making MAN PUSH CART
In this conversation, recorded in fall 2020, director Ramin Bahrani, actor Ahmad Razvi, and assistant director Nicholas Elliott discuss the experiences and challenges of making MAN PUSH CART.
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Ramin Bahrani and Hamid Dabashi on MAN PUSH CART
For this conversation, recorded in fall 2020, director Ramin Bahrani sat down with critic Hamid Dabashi, a former professor of his at Columbia University, to discuss the director’s early cultural and cinematic influences and their impact on MAN PUSH CART.
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Backgammon
Inspired by the work of Abbas Kiarostami and other filmmakers of the Iranian New Wave, Ramin Bahrani drew on his Persian heritage for the 1998 short film presented here, about a young girl looking to challenge her grandfather to a backgammon match.
