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Performed by Dick El Demasiado Sin Nombre is an American and Mexican film written and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. Filmed in Spanish, the film's name means "Nameless." It won several awards, including the prizes for directing and cinematography at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. The poster title is written Sin noMbre to indicate the connection to the Mara Salvatrucha gang. Plot Willy, nicknamed El Casper (Edgar Flores), is a member of the Mara Salvatrucha gang and lives in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. He introduces a young boy (Kristyan Ferrer) into his gang, and the boy is given the nickname Smiley after a violent initiation. Casper later helps Smiley to complete this initiation by helping him to execute a rival gang-member. Casper is romantically involved with a girl, Martha Marlen. Fearing for the girl's safety, he keeps the relationship a secret from his gang. His double life causes his gang to doubt his loyalty and his girlfriend his fidelity. When Martha follows Casper to a gathering of his gang, the gang leader, Lil Mago (Tenoch Huerta Mejía), escorts her out, despite Casper's misgivings. Mago attempts to rape Martha and accidentally kills her. Later, he tells a bitter Casper that he will "find another". Shortly afterward, Mago brings Casper and Smiley to La Bombilla, a location along the train tracks where illegal immigrants stow away on passing trains on their way to the United States. Among the illegal immigrants is a Honduran family introduced earlier ...