

Crossing Over
2009-02-10 · 113 min · ★ 6.1
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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Production details
- Directors
- Wayne Kramer
- Production companies
- Movie Prose, C.O. Films, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, The Weinstein Company
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 25,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 1,037,335
Top Cast
Harrison FordMax Brogan
Ray LiottaCole Frankel
Alice EveClaire Shepard
Ashley JuddDenise Frankel
Jim SturgessGavin Kossef
Cliff CurtisHamid Baraheri
Alice BragaMireya Sanchez
Summer BishilTaslima Jahangir
Jacqueline ObradorsSpecial Agent Phadkar
Justin ChonYong Kim
Merik TadrosFarid Baraheri
Sarah ShahiPooneh Baraheri
Lizzy CaplanMarla
Mahershala AliDetective Strickland
Gigi RiceHooker
Elaine KaganRochelle Kaplan
Jessica TuckElaine
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