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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 · Frozen River: Directed by Courtney Hunt. With Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, Michael O'Keefe. A mom looks for another source of income, when her husband leaves with the money meant for the new mobile home.
Dec 5, 2023 · A body is found frozen in the Kennebec river in Maine. The midwife, Martha Ballard who is called to determine the cause of death, is sure the victim was murdered, but her findings are rejected by the local doctor who writes off the cause of death as accident.
Dec 5, 2023 · Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell.
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.
"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.
Frozen River. 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 (Misty ...
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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...
A woman on New York's Mohawk Reservation takes up illegal-immigrant smuggling to survive.
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