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Frozen River
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Frozen River is a 2008 American crime drama film written and directed by Courtney Hunt. The movie features a cast including Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, and Michael O'Keefe. Heather Rae served as producer, with Reed Morano as the director of photography. The narrative is set in New York during the Christmas and holiday season.
The film was produced by Courtney Hunt and Harwood Hunt Productions, with distribution handled by Sony Pictures Classics and Netflix. It has a runtime of 97 minutes and was released on March 26, 2008. The production budget was 1,000,000, resulting in a revenue of 5,457,664. The story involves themes such as trailer parks, illegal immigration, human trafficking, and border crossings.
Frozen River is available in English and French. It has been described by the source Women Make Film and assessed via the Bechdel test. The film received various review scores, including 88%, 7.3 out of 10, and 82 out of 100. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay.
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6.6After her husband deserts her, working-class mother Ray Eddy is in great need of money to find a home. Lured by the possibility of easy cash, she joins Lila, a widowed Mohawk who earns a living by smuggling immigrants from Canada to the U.S. across the St. Lawrence.
Cast
- Melissa Leo as Ray Eddy
- Misty Upham as Lila Littlewolf
- Charlie McDermott as TJ
- John Canoe as Bernie Littlewolf
- Jay Klaitz as Guy Versailles
- Dylan Carusona as Jimmy
Themes
- trailer park
- illegal immigration
- human trafficking
- border crossing
- snow
- undocumented immigrant
- new york state
- native american reservation
- woman director
- canadian border
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- Christmas film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- French
- Director
- Courtney Hunt
- Screenwriter
- Courtney Hunt
- Cast member
- Mark Boone Junior
- Production company
- Courtney Hunt
- Cinematographer
- Reed Morano
- Narrative location
- New York
- Filming location
- Ontario
- Duration
- 97
- FilmAffinity ID
- 527121
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- sonyclassics.com/frozenriver
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- publication date
- 2008-01-01
- title
- Frozen River
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- distributed by
- Netflix
- described by source
- Women Make Film
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set during recurring event
- Christmas and holiday season
- review score
- 82/100
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