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Frozen River is a 2008 American crime drama film written and directed by Courtney Hunt in her feature directorial debut. Starring Melissa Leo and Misty Upham, the film follows two working-class mothers who team up to earn money by smuggling illegal immigrants from Canada to the United States .
Sep 5, 2008 · Two women - one white, one Mohawk, both single mothers faced with desperate circumstances - are drawn into the world of border smuggling across the frozen water of the St. Lawrence River. Ray and Lila - and a New York State Trooper as opponent in an evolving cat-and-mouse game. — anonymous.
Dec 5, 2023 · Frozen River brilliantly depicts the life and role of women during the late 1700s in colonial America. The story follows Martha, a midwife, as she identifies cause of death and solves the murder of a man.
Dec 5, 2023 · The Frozen River is a historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, an 18th century midwife and healer. Maine 1789: A body is found frozen in the Kennebec River. Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine the cause of death.
The two women, who have fallen on hard economic times, form a desperate and uneasy alliance and begin trafficking illegal immigrants from Canada into the United States across the frozen St. Lawrence River for $1200 each per crossing.
After her husband deserts her, working-class mother Ray Eddy (Melissa Leo) is in great need of money to find a home. Lured by the possibility of easy cash, Ray joins Lila...
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Aug 14, 2008 · "Frozen River," a debut film written and directed by Courtney Hunt, never steps wrong. It resists all temptations to turn this plot into some kind of a thriller and keeps it grounded on the struggle for economic survival.
Aug 1, 2008 · 1h 37m. By Stephen Holden. Aug. 1, 2008. Venturing deep into the trenches where hard-working Americans struggle to put food on the table, Courtney Hunt’s somber film “Frozen River” evokes a...
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A woman on New York's Mohawk Reservation takes up illegal-immigrant smuggling to survive.
