Frozen River (2008)

97 min · Christmas film, Drama, crime film, drama film

Popularity4.5/5

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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Courtney Hunt

Cast

Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, John Canoe, Jay Klaitz, Dylan Carusona, Mark Boone Junior, Michael OKeefe, James Reilly

The story

The film is set shortly before Christmas in the North Country of Upstate New York, near the Akwesasne ('Where the Partridge Drums') St. Regis Mohawk Reservation and the border crossing to Cornwall, Ontario. Ray Eddy (Melissa Leo) is a discount store clerk struggling to raise two sons with her husband, a compulsive gambler who has disappeared with the funds she had earmarked to finance the purchase of a double-wide mobile home.

Catalogue themes and tags

Alkoholabhängigkeit, Ausländerfeindlichkeit, Frontier, Grenze USA-Kanada, Human Trafficking, Mohawk, New York, Police, Single Mother, Spielsucht, Verbrennen, Crime Fiction, Crime Thriller, Drama, Thriller, Indie

Genres

Christmas film, Drama, crime film, drama film

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