Crossing Over
Feb 10 2009
•2h 53m
•Crime, Drama
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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Harrison Ford
Max Brogan
Ray Liotta
Cole Frankel
Alice Eve
Claire Shepard
Ashley Judd
Denise Frankel
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