Frozen River
2008 · ★ 6.6 · Dir. Courtney Hunt
Desperation Knows No Borders
Ray Eddy, an upstate New York trailer mom, is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling. Broke after her husband takes off with the down payment for their new doublewide, Ray reluctantly teams up with Lila, a smuggler, and the two begin making runs across the frozen St. Lawrence River carrying illegal Chinese and Pakistani immigrants in the trunk of Ray's Dodge Spirit.
- Released
- 2008-03-26
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rated
- R
- Language
- EN
- Budget
- $1M
- Box office
- $5.5M
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Melissa Leo
Ray Eddy
Misty Upham
Lila Littlewolf
Charlie McDermott
TJ
John Canoe
Bernie Littlewolf
Jay Klaitz
Guy Versailles
Dylan Carusona
Jimmy
James Reilly
Ricky
Michael O'Keefe
Trooper Finnerty
Mark Boone Junior
Jacques Bruno
Betty Ouyang
Chinese woman
Keywords
Human traffickingNative american reservationWoman directorSnowIllegal immigrationTrailer parkUpstate new yorkNew york stateUndocumented immigrantBorder crossingCanadian border
