Frozen River
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[Machine Translation] The first feature film from independent filmmaker Courtney Hunt, who has garnered accolades from around the world! Two mothers commit evil in order to protect what is most precious to them. Can they see the light beyond the frozen river? This shocking suspense drama depicts the strength to survive in a harsh society and the beauty of life. The harsh reality of nature and society at the northernmost tip of the U.S., depicted in sharply sharpened images, and the freezing coldness is vividly conveyed with overwhelming visual power! Winner of the 2009 Academy Award nominations for Best Screenplay and Best Actress, Grand Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, 23 awards and 38 nominations at film festivals! Quentin Tarantino said, "This is the most heart-wrenching film I've seen this year! It is breathtakingly wonderful." The film received high praise from many critics when it was released in the United States. Veteran actress Melissa Leo, who plays the main character Ray, has won numerous film awards, including an Academy Award, for her overwhelming presence in expressing the conflicts and sorrows of being involved in a crime. Along with supporting actress Misty Upham, who was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, Leo gives an impassioned performance of complex emotions. --Ray is a white woman whose husband absconds with the funds to buy a new house the day before she is due to hand it over. Lila, a native Mohawk woman who continues to send money to her baby, who was taken away by her mother-in-law after her beloved husband died. Both mothers, trapped in a situation so dire that they cannot even make ends meet, turn to smuggling illegal immigrants to protect their children. Risking jail time if they make the wrong move, they head for the frozen riverbanks along the border, hiding from their families. However, what they decide to do as their last border crossing puts them in an irreversible situation...
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Original Release Year: 2008
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