Crossing Over

Crossing Over

113 mins | Drama, Crime | Feb. 10, 2009

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.

Crossing Over

113 mins | Drama, Crime | Feb. 10, 2009

Crossing Over
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers The Weinstein Company, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Movie Prose, C.O. Films
Original title Crossing Over
Directors Maria Mantia, Tracy Scott, Wayne Kramer, Nicholas Mastandrea
Writers Wayne Kramer

Cast

Harrison Ford

as Max Brogan

Ray Liotta

as Cole Frankel

Alice Eve

as Claire Shepard

Ashley Judd

as Denise Frankel

Jim Sturgess

as Gavin Kossef

Cliff Curtis

as Hamid Baraheri

Alice Braga

as Mireya Sanchez

Summer Bishil

as Taslima Jahangir

Jacqueline Obradors

as Special Agent Phadkar

Justin Chon

as Yong Kim

Melody Zara

as Zahra Baraheri

Merik Tadros

as Farid Baraheri

Sarah Shahi

as Pooneh Baraheri

Lizzy Caplan

as Marla

Mahershala Ali

as Detective Strickland

Gigi Rice

as Hooker

Elaine Kagan

as Rochelle Kaplan

Jessica Tuck

as Elaine

Molly Weiner

as Prostitute

Claudia Salinas

as Mireya Look-Alike

Don Scribner

as Bartender

Kevin Alejandro

as Gutierrez

Tammin Sursok

as Rosalyn

Judith Moreland

as USCIS Worker

Kevin Sizemore

as Agent Sterns

Deborah Puette

as Mrs. Benedict

Christopher Murray

as Special Agent Ludwig

Josh Gad

as Howie

Jack Conley

as OIG Agent Poulson

Aramis Knight

as Juan Sanchez