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Every day thousands of people illegally cross our borders... only one thing stands in their way. America. - Crossing Over
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Title: Crossing Over

Release Date: 10 Feb 2009

Runtime: 1h 53m

Genre: Crime, Drama

Director: Movie Prose, C.O. Films, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, The Weinstein Company

Production Companies: Movie Prose, C.O. Films, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, The Weinstein Company

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.132 (370 votes)

Cast

  • Max Brogan: Harrison Ford
  • Cole Frankel: Ray Liotta
  • Claire Shepard: Alice Eve
  • Denise Frankel: Ashley Judd
  • Gavin Kossef: Jim Sturgess
  • Hamid Baraheri: Cliff Curtis
  • Mireya Sanchez: Alice Braga
  • Taslima Jahangir: Summer Bishil
  • Special Agent Phadkar: Jacqueline Obradors
  • Yong Kim: Justin Chon
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