Crossing Over

Every day thousands of people illegally cross our borders... only one thing stands in their way. America.

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.

2009

Crime·Drama

1h 53min

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Top Billed Cast

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
Melody Zara
Zahra Baraheri
Merik Tadros
Farid Baraheri
Sarah Shahi
Pooneh Baraheri
Lizzy Caplan
Marla
Mahershala Ali
Detective Strickland
Gigi Rice
Hooker
Elaine Kagan
Rochelle Kaplan
Jessica Tuck
Elaine
Molly Weiner
Prostitute
Claudia Salinas
Mireya Look-Alike

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