A financially strapped Mother joins a Mohawk woman to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.A financially strapped Mother joins a Mohawk woman to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.A financially strapped Mother joins a Mohawk woman to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 32 wins & 39 nominations total
Michael Skye
- Billy Three Rivers
- (as Michael Sky)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaCharlie McDermott and James Reilly, who play brothers, are cousins in real life.
- GoofsAt the beginning of the film, when the truck arrives, no snow is on the road. When the boy throws his snowball, traces of snowballs from previous takes are visible beneath the truck. When the truck leaves, the snow is gone.
- Quotes
Ray Eddy: What if a trooper stops us?
Lila Littlewolf: They"re not gonna stop you, you"re white.
- SoundtracksRay"s Echo
Music by Shahzad Ismaily and Keri Latimer
Lyrics by Keri Latimer
Performed by Shahzad Ismaily and Keri Latimer
Featured review
Life ain't easy for Ray. She may have had it good, but now she's got it rough. Two kids. Gambling runaway husband. Working at the Yankee Dollar. On the icy brink of the unforgiving upstate New York wilderness. Living in a trailer. The best thing she can even think of is a bigger trailer. Bottles on bottles of bubble bath she may never open hold the promise of better days that may never break. That's how bad it is. Along comes Lila. In many ways, she has it even worse than Ray: living in an even tinier trailer, estranged from her family, bad eyes, out of work. But she is also a small-time player in the well-oiled trafficking industry, bringing aliens into the US from Canada. Desperate for a little extra cash to buy that bigger trailer, Ray gets involved. At first sight, writer-director Courtney Hunt's debut is as depressing as they come. But beneath rough surfaces, there is also hope. In fact, the many acts of love and kindness are all the more surprising given how hard life is on these people. Just when you think they hit rock bottom, a bona fide miracle comes their way. Says Lila: "That wasn't me. That was the hand of the creator." It may be a broken Halleluja, but it's a Halleluja all the same. - Fine performances all around. Sundance and Hamburg Film Festival winner.
- richard_sleboe
- Oct 12, 2008
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- Also known as
- Sông Băng
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,511,476
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $70,234
- Aug 3, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $5,457,664
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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