Frozen River DVD (2008) ; released on Feb.10, 2009

Frozen River is a remarkable feature film in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Here the light of rapid revenue from smuggling offer daily challenge to single Moms who will receive minimum wage. Two white, one Mohawk women and single mothers faced with desperate circumstances - are pulling into the world of border smuggling across the frozen St. Lawrence River water. Melissa Leo (21 grams, three Burials of Melquiades Estrada murder of television. : Life on the road) play light, fog Upham (Edge of America DreamKeeper, skin) and Oscar nominee played Lila Michael O'Keefe (The Great Santini, Caddyshack, Ironweed) play the New York state trooper and two to come. fair.

When her husband is running close to pay for new home (Melissa Leo, Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada) turn to crime to own, and two sons she afloat. The opportunity to meet with Lila (fog Upham, Edge of America. ), the equally desperate young Mohawk woman, the radiation of smuggling illegal immigrants to drive across the frozen Hudson River to tribal land. But all things go wrong in the small and not so - a small way until the light is found herself Pushed over the more desperate than ever. Leo deliver gritty, richly compelling performance, but restraint; Raw beauty, but she faces life entered by expanding distribution of weary defiance. Frozen River View is a tense thriller as any Hollywood but in the full development of character data, so the two women in this taut suspense Grips full spectrum of emotion. This is the impressive debut by write / director Courtney hunt, featuring the great support shown by Charlie McDermott (The Ten) is the light blue of the eldest son and Michael O'Keefe (The Great Santini). a suspicious state trooper. - Bret Fetzer.

Actors : Jr. Mark Boone, Melissa Leo, Michael O'Keefe, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott
Directors: Courtney Hunt
Format : AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles : French
Number of discs : 1
Rating : R
Studio : Sony Pictures
DVD Release Date : February 10, 2009
Run Time : 93 minutes