Frozen River

[Machine Translation] The first feature film from independent filmmaker Courtney Hunt, who has garnered accolades from around the world! Two mothers commit evil in order to protect what is most precious to them. Can they see the light beyond the frozen river? This shocking suspense drama depicts the strength to survive in a harsh society and the beauty of life. The harsh reality of nature and society at the northernmost tip of the U.S., depicted in sharply sharpened images, and the freezing coldness is vividly conveyed with overwhelming visual power! Winner of the 2009 Academy Award nominations for Best Screenplay and Best Actress, Grand Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, 23 awards and 38 nominations at film festivals! Quentin Tarantino said, "This is the most heart-wrenching film I've seen this year! It is breathtakingly wonderful." The film received high praise from many critics when it was released in the United States. Veteran actress Melissa Leo, who plays the main character Ray, has won numerous film awards, including an Academy Award, for her overwhelming presence in expressing the conflicts and sorrows of being involved in a crime. Along with supporting actress Misty Upham, who was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, Leo gives an impassioned performance of complex emotions. --Ray is a white woman whose husband absconds with the funds to buy a new house the day before she is due to hand it over. Lila, a native Mohawk woman who continues to send money to her baby, who was taken away by her mother-in-law after her beloved husband died. Both mothers, trapped in a situation so dire that they cannot even make ends meet, turn to smuggling illegal immigrants to protect their children. Risking jail time if they make the wrong move, they head for the frozen riverbanks along the border, hiding from their families. However, what they decide to do as their last border crossing puts them in an irreversible situation...

Special Feature / Bonus Track: theatrical trailer

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インディペンデント映画界で注目されるコートニー・ハント監督の、世界各国から賞賛を受けた初の長編映画!! 一番大切なものを守るために、悪事に手を染める2人の母親。凍てついた川の向こうに光は見えるのか――? 過酷な社会を生き抜く強さと命の美しさを描き出す衝撃のサスペンス・ドラマ。研ぎ澄まされた映像で描かれるアメリカ最北端の過酷な自然と社会の実像、凍てつく寒さがビビッドに伝わる圧倒的な映像力! 2009年アカデミー賞 脚本賞・主演女優賞にWノミネート、2008年サンダンス映画祭 グランプリ受賞ほか映画祭で23部門受賞、38部門ノミネート! クエンティン・タランティーノからは「今年観た中で、最高に心が震えた映画! 息をのむほどすばらしい」と最大級の賛辞を贈られ、全米公開時にも多くの批評家からも高い評価を受けた。主人公レイ役を演じたベテラン女優メリッサ・レオは、犯罪に手を染める葛藤や哀しみを圧倒的な存在感で表現し、アカデミー賞をはじめとする数多くの映画賞を受賞。インディペンデント・スピリット・アワードにノミネートされた助演ミスティ・アップハムと共に、複雑に揺れる心情を熱演。――新居購入の資金を引き渡し前日に夫に持ち逃げされた白人女性レイ。愛する夫に先立たれ義理の母に取り上げられた赤ん坊に仕送りを続ける先住民モホーク族のライラ。明日の生活にも困るほど逼迫した状況に追い込まれた2人の母親は、子供を守るため、違法移民の密入国に手を染めてゆく。一歩間違えれば刑務所へ送られるリスクを背負い、家族に隠れて国境沿いの凍結した川岸へと向かう。しかし、最後の国境越えと決めていた仕事で、2人は取り返しのつかない事態へと追い込まれていく・・・。

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