II Dominican Republic Global Film Festival - 2008
 

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Peliculas

14 Kilometers

Blindness

Bling: A Planet Rock

Brick Lane

Buddha Collapsed out of Shame

Captain Abu Raed

Caramel

Cochochi

Elite Squad

Emmanuel Jal: War Child

Fados

FLOW: For Love Of Water

Frozen River

I am because We Are

Iron Road

La Zona

Persepolis

Pray the Devil Back to Hell

Ripple Effect

Sleep Dealer

Stranded: I've Come From a Planet that Crashed on the Mountains

Sugar

Taxi to the Dark Side

Teo’s Journey

The Band’s Visit

The Wave

The Beyond

The Pope’s Toilet

The Path

War Dance

Women of Brukman

Young at Heart

II Dominican Republic Global Film Festival - 2008
 

 

Frozen River

A desperate woman living in upstate New York resorts to smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States as a means of making ends meet in first-time feature director/screenwriter Courtney Hunt's emotionally wrenching drama. Ray Eddy is in an impossible position; it's two days before Christmas and her husband has suddenly disappeared with all of the family savings. Now, as the newly single mother of two, she realizes the futility of attempting to cover the house payments on her meager Yankee Dollar Store wages. While searching for her husband, Ray meets street-smart Mohawk Lila Littlewolf. Lila, too, has been struggling to keep her head above water amidst economic despair, and has lately been earning a living by smuggling illegal immigrants into the U.S. As fate would have it, Ray's Dodge Spirit may just be the only thing the destitute mother can count on anymore, and as this unlikely pair gas up the tank for a daring dash across the iced-over St. Lawrence River, their fates become forever intertwined in ways that neither could have ever anticipated. Grand Jury Prize, Best Dramatic Feature, Sundance Film Festival 2008.

Spanish Title: Río helado
English Title:
Frozen River
Original:
Frozen River
Country of Origin:
USA
Year of Completion:
2008
Running Time:
97 min.
Formato/color/BN - Format/color/BW:
35mm, color
Idioma/Language:
Inglés, subtítulos en español/English, Spanish Subtitles
Director:
Courtney Hunt
Producers:
Heather Rae, Chip Hourihan
Productores ejecutivos/Executive Producers:
Charles S. Cohen, Donald A. Harwood.
Screenwriter:
Courtney Hunt
Cinematographer:
Reed Morano
Editor:
Kate Williams
Music:
Peter Golub
Cast:
Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott,
Mark Boone Junior

Director’s Biography
Courtney HuntCourtney Hunt holds an MFA from Columbia University’s Film Division. Her thesis film, Althea Faught, a short about the American Civil War, which she wrote and directed, was purchased by PBS in 1996 and aired on American Playhouse, and screened in many film festivals. Hunt’s second short film, Frozen River, premiered in the New York Film Festival in September, 2004. Frozen River is her first Feature Length Film.

 
 

II Dominican Republic Global Film Festival - 2008