Frozen River Page #5

Synopsis: Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Here, the lure of fast money from smuggling presents a daily challenge to single moms who would otherwise be earning minimum wage. Two women - one white, one Mohawk, both single mothers faced with desperate circumstances - are drawn into the world of border smuggling across the frozen water of the St. Lawrence River. Ray and Lila - and a New York State Trooper as opponent in an evolving cat-and-mouse game.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Courtney Hunt
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 32 wins & 37 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
R
Year:
2008
97 min
$2,061,019
Website
148 Views


They really mean to set

an example over here.

Do you know

where they are?

Yeah. They're probably

over at Velma's.

ROSALIE:
What about

Lila Littlewolf?

You can't start throwing

Mohawks off the rez, Rosalie.

She's got a Mohawk son.

She cost us a Mohawk son.

BERNIE:

Jake was a big boy.

He knew what

he was doing.

Jimmy,

get out of here.

You, too.

I need my half.

No, no, no.

You stay here. Stay here.

Hi, Lila.

Hi, Bernie.

You're in big trouble.

The Council voted

to expel you.

Expel me?

- For five years.

You can appeal,

but I don't think you're going to

be able to change Rosalie's mind.

I thought all this was legal

on the reservation.

Look, I got to go.

BERNIE:
If she leaves,

they'll turn you in.

The troopers

want somebody.

But she's a Mohawk.

BERNIE:

The chiefs want her out.

There's going to be nobody standing

between her and the troopers.

My kids got no one but me.

If you leave, she'll

never see her son again.

Let her go.

Lila, you're giving

up on him.

He's only a year old.

Just go.

At least you've got family

to take care of him, you know?

I wanted the baby to have a pretty

new crib, not some hand-me-down.

He wouldn't let me go alone.

I was too fat to fit

behind the steering wheel.

BERNIE:
He just wanted to

keep you and Little Jake safe.

Just a couple

of months, right?

I got no record,

and I'm white.

I got baby stuff

in the shed.

Get a good used singlewide.

Insulation is the key thing.

Versailles will

give you a hard time,

but that will leave

enough for you

and the boys to live on

for a couple of months.

Ricky's allergic

to penicillin,

and you can't feed him potato

chips all the time. Okay?

But you got

to get there quick,

'cause T.J.

will get scared.

And I don't want him

to get scared. Okay?

Okay?

Okay.

Don't let Versailles

jerk you around.

You go with her, okay?

Sure.

What do you want?

LILA:
I need his coat.

Where's his coat?

You can't have him.

You can't have him!

Say goodbye to your Toda.

TROOPER:
Speak English?

Speak English?

What happens to them?

They'll probably go back.

But how long for me?

You know, if I confess?

Providing they're not on

a watch list, four months.

I don't think you have

that much to worry about.

Can I have a cigarette?

Is there someone

that I can call for you

to take care

of your children?

I got somebody.

A relative?

A friend.

But I need to call my kids.

Mom, what did you do?

What? A smuggler?

Holy sh*t!

Are you in jail?

Yeah, but are you

gonna be in jail?

Yeah, okay. But...

But why? I...

I can do it. I...

I look after him

all the time.

I don't see why we need...

Yeah, I'm still here.

Hi.

Okay.

Hey, you've got to put the little

pieces up higher or he'll eat them. Okay?

RICKY:
What?

You got a little boy

named Troy Junior?

Yeah.

Troy!

Would you come here?

I want to talk to you.

You know, you did a bad

thing to an old lady,

and I'd like to

introduce her to you

and give you a chance

to apologize.

Because I know you're

probably a good kid,

and I know you want

to set this right.

Come on.

Tell her you're sorry.

Sorry.

Okay?

You did good.

Now don't do that again.

Hey, come here.

Muddy.

Hey.

# As fast as it comes

# It rushes away

# Sometimes it takes

# Everything with it

# Ooh-ooh

# Ooh-ooh

# It always comes

# Big open space

# I always stay

# I always listen

# Ooh-ooh

# Ooh-ooh

# Leads me across

# Rivers so deep

# It always leaves

# I always come back

# I always come back

# I always come back

# I always come back

# Ooh-ooh

# Ooh-ooh

# Ooh-ooh

# Ooh-ooh

# Ooh-ooh

# Ooh-ooh

# Ooh-ooh

# Ooh-ooh

# Ooh-ooh

# Ooh-ooh #

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Courtney Hunt

Courtney Hunt (born 1964) is an American director and screenwriter. Her debut feature film, Frozen River, won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. more…

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