Original Screenplay

FROZEN RIVER

FROZEN RIVER

Written by Courtney Hunt
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ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY

This is the first Academy Award nomination for Courtney Hunt.

FILM SYNOPSIS

Abandoned by her husband, Ray is left to raise their two sons in a broken-down trailer. When her efforts to buy a new home for her boys lead her to the brink of financial ruin, she allows herself to be drawn into a dangerous smuggling ring operating across the U.S.-Canadian border.

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