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Certificate TBC

Cast Melissa Leo Misty Upham Charlie McDermott Michael O'Keefe

Directors Courtney Hunt

Screenwriters Courtney Hunt

Running Time 97 minutes

Frozen River
Oscar-nominated anti-chick flick

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Plot
After her husband runs off with her savings, Ray Eddy (Leo) and her kids are destitute. Ray unwittingly finds herself in partnership with Mohawk Lila Littlewolf (Upham) as a people smuggler, driving illegal aliens across an iced-over St. Lawrence River bordering Quebec and New York State.

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