Frozen River
“Desperation Knows No Borders”
A financially strapped mother joins a Mohawk woman to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.
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Cast
10 people
Melissa Leo
Ray Eddy
Known for
Wayward Pines
Prisoners
Misty Upham
Lila Littlewolf
Known for
August: Osage County
Within
Charlie McDermott
TJ
Known for
The Middle
Unbelievable
John Canoe
Bernie Littlewolf
Also in
Mr. Nobody
Congorama
Jay Klaitz
Guy Versailles
Known for
Zero Day
Vinyl
Dylan Carusona
Jimmy
Also in
Fighting for Freedom
The Dim
James Reilly
Ricky
Michael O'Keefe
Trooper Finnerty
Known for
Your Friends & Neighbors
Michael Clayton
Mark Boone Junior
Jacques Bruno
Known for
Sons of Anarchy
Memento
Betty Ouyang
Chinese woman
Also in
POP-U-larity!
Run For Cover
Courtney Hunt Director · Peter Golub Composer Shahzad Ismaily Composer
Worldwide gross $5.5M · Budget $1M · United States release March 26, 2008
Box office
Budget
$1,000,000
Worldwide gross
$5,457,664
Gross vs. budget
5.5×
Production
Harwood Hunt Productions
Production
Cohen Media Group
Production
Sony Pictures Classics
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English · French · Urdu
Release dates
United States · January 18, 2008
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · March 26, 2008
Limited theatrical · MoMA Film Exhibitions
United States
June 12, 2008 · Limited theatrical · Seattle International Film Festival
June 18, 2008 · Limited theatrical · Provincetown Film Festival
June 20, 2008 · Limited theatrical · Nantucket Film Festival
July 31, 2008 · Limited theatrical · Traverse City Film Festival
August 1, 2008 · Limited theatrical
September 5, 2008 · Theatrical
Argentina
October 21, 2009 · Physical · DVD Premiere
Australia
July 28, 2008 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
February 19, 2009 · Theatrical
Belgium
April 15, 2009 · Theatrical
Brazil
September 25, 2008 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
October 17, 2008 · Limited theatrical · São Paulo International Film Festival
February 20, 2009 · Theatrical
Canada
September 1, 2008 · Premiere · Atlantic Film Festival
Denmark
April 18, 2009 · Premiere · CPH:PIX
November 20, 2009 · Theatrical
Finland
March 13, 2009 · Physical · DVD Premiere
France
January 7, 2009 · Theatrical
Germany
October 2, 2008 · Premiere · Hamburg Film Festival
September 24, 2010 · Physical · DVD/Blu-Ray Premiere
Greece
November 17, 2008 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
March 12, 2009 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
April 3, 2011 · Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival
Iceland
April 17, 2009 · Premiere · Green Light Film Festival
Ireland
July 1, 2009 · Premiere · Galway Film Fleadh
July 17, 2009 · Theatrical
Italy
March 13, 2009 · Theatrical
Japan
January 30, 2010 · Theatrical
September 10, 2010 · Limited theatrical · Aichi International Women's Film Festival
Mexico
November 7, 2008 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 5, 2009 · Theatrical
Poland
August 4, 2009 · Premiere · Film and Art Festival Two Riversides
Portugal
January 1, 2009 · Theatrical
Spain
September 20, 2008 · Premiere · Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival
April 28, 2009 · Limited theatrical · Tarragona International Film Festival
September 4, 2009 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 1, 2008 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival
January 2, 2009 · Theatrical
Switzerland
January 7, 2009 · Theatrical · French
April 10, 2009 · Theatrical · Italian
November 5, 2009 · Theatrical · German
Taiwan
November 6, 2009 · Theatrical
Türkiye
May 29, 2009 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 23, 2008 · Premiere · London Film Festival
July 3, 2009 · Limited theatrical · London
July 17, 2009 · Theatrical
Uruguay
February 6, 2009 · Theatrical
Venezuela
October 31, 2008 · Theatrical
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