Frozen River
Desperation Knows No Borders
Rating: 6.6 out of 10TMDB(373 votes)
Overview
A financially strapped mother joins a Mohawk woman to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.
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Awards
Won the Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award (2008)
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Nominations
2 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Actress (2009)
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Box office
Grossed $5.46M worldwide, about 5.5 times its $1M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in Ontario
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Setting
Set in New York
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Reed Morano
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Courtney HuntWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 26, 2008
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1M
- Revenue
- $5.5M
- Countries
- United States of America
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