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.
Acting
Harrison Ford's quietly shattered performance — his best non-franchise work in years.
Direction
Kramer juggles five storylines with Crash-era ambition, occasionally fumbling.
Director
Wayne Kramer
Harrison Ford
Max Brogan
Ray Liotta
Cole Frankel
Alice Eve
Claire Shepard
Ashley Judd
Denise Frankel
Jim Sturgess
Gavin Kossef
Cliff Curtis
Hamid Baraheri
Alice Braga
Mireya Sanchez
Summer Bishil
Taslima Jahangir
Jacqueline Obradors
Special Agent Phadkar
Justin Chon
Yong Kim
Merik Tadros
Farid Baraheri
Sarah Shahi
Pooneh Baraheri
Lizzy Caplan
Marla
Mahershala Ali
Detective Strickland
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kramer originally made this as a short film in 1996; the feature expansion took 13 years and multiple recuts after studio interference.
Released during the 2008 immigration debate, critics panned its Crash-style earnestness while audiences found accidental relevance to contemporary border politics.
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