Frozen River

R | 1 hr 37 mins | Drama, Crime Movie
A woman on New York's Mohawk Reservation takes up illegal immigrant smuggling to survive.
Synopsis:
Ray Eddy, an upstate New York trailer mom, is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling when she meets a Mohawk girl who lives on a reservation that straddles the US-Canadian border. Broke after her husband takes off with the down payment for their new double wide, Ray reluctantly teams up with Lila, a smuggler, and the two begin making runs across the frozen St. Lawrence River carrying illegal Chinese and Pakistani immigrants in the trunk of Ray's Dodge Spirit.

Director: Courtney Hunt
Starring: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Michael O'Keefe, Charlie McDermott, Mark Boone Jr.

Movie Trailer Frozen River(2008)