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Frozen River

Frozen River
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Running Time: 96 minutes
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Genre: Drama
Language: French
Rating: 14A (14A)

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 Upham) a widowed Mohawk who earns a living by smuggling immigrants from Canada to the U.S. across the St. Lawrence.

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Navigating Frozen River
Smuggling immigrants to save your kids: film tests the limits of maternal instincts

October 30 2008 by Elizabeth Chorney-Booth in Film Reviews



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