Frozen River
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DVD Released (Y/M/D): 2009-02-10
Genre: Drama
Director: Courtney Hunt
Stars: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Michael O'Keefe, Mark Boone Junior, Charlie McDermott, James Reilly, Dylan Carusona, John Canoe, Jay Klaitz, Michael Skye, Gargi Shinde, Rajesh Bose, Donna Jacobs, Trudy Rice, Craig Shilowich, Brittany LeBorgne, Justin Kotyk
MPAA Rating: R
Synopsis: Frozen River is the story of Ray Eddy, an upstate New York trailer mom who is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling when she meets a Mohawk girl who lives on a reservation that straddles the U.S.-Canadian border. 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.
  Source: Sony Pictures
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