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Crossing Over (2009)
Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in 21st century L.A.
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Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in 21st century L.A.
Rating:R
Genre:Crime, Drama
Written By:Wayne Kramer
In Theaters:2/27/2009
Box Office:$1,037,335
Runtime:113 minutes
Studio:Movie Prose, C.O. Films, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, The Weinstein Company
Cast
Wayne Kramer
Director
Harrison Ford
Max Brogan
Ray Liotta
Cole Frankel
Alice Eve
Claire Shepard
Ashley Judd
Denise Frankel
Jim Sturgess
Gavin Kossef
Cliff Curtis
Hamid Baraheri
Alice Braga
Mireya Sanchez
Summer Bishil
Taslima Jahangir
Jacqueline Obradors
Special Agent Phadkar
Justin Chon
Yong Kim
Melody Zara
Zahra Baraheri
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