Crossing Over (2009) Harrison Ford Max Brogan Ray Liotta Cole Frankel Ashley Judd Denise Frankel Jim Sturgess Gavin Kossef Cliff Curtis Hamid Baraheri Alice Braga Mireya Sanchez Alice Eve Claire Shepard Summer Bishil Taslima Jahangir Jacqueline Obradors Special Agent Phadkar Justin Chon Yong Kim Merik Tadros Farid Baraheri Marshall Manesh Sanjar Baraheri Nina Neyebi Minoo Baraheri Naila Azad Rokeya Jahangir Shelley Malil Munshi Jahangir Jaysha Patel Jahanara Jahangir Leonardo Nam Kwan Tim Chiou Steve Lizzy Caplan Marla Directed by: Wayne Kramer Produced by: Michael Beugg, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein The US offers hope--but that often comes at a price. Many can earn citizenship legally through a lengthy bureaucratic process, but others find themselves out of luck in a country where virtually anything can be bought. Sex, violence and betrayal become their currency. Some wait in line for permission to enter the U.S. while others take matters into their own hands. Working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Los Angeles, Max Brogan is an agent sworn to protect our borders, he deals with the thousands that try to cross over into the US in search of a better life. The lives of Brogan, his ICE partner, Hamid, immigration defense attorney, Baraheri Denise Frankel, and her husband, Cole Frankel, intersect, by necessity, accident or fate, with Mexican factory worker Mireya Sanchez; Hamid Baraheriâ??s sister Zahra; young Bangladeshi Taslima Jahangir; British musician Gavin Kossef; Australian actress Claire Shepard; and Korean teen Yong Kim. Each has a different struggle: a single mother deported without her child; a high school girl whose provocative essay draws FBI attention; an actress who willingly prostitutes herself to earn her green card; a struggling musician trying to build a career while working his day job; and finally, a Korean teen caught between two worlds, while his family is desperate to naturalize. ========== Crossing Over is a multi-character canvas about immigrants of different nationalities struggling to achieve legal status in Los Angeles. The film deals with the border, document fraud, the asylum and green card process, work-site enforcement, naturalization, the office of counter terrorism and the clash of cultures. ========== Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, and Ashley Judd star in Running Scared writer/director Wayne Kramer's harrowing look at life amongst illegal immigrants and the immigration enforcement agents whose job it is to ensure that the U.S. borders remain secure. Every day, a new batch of immigrants comes flooding into Los Angeles in search of the American dream, and every day the price of that dream rises exponentially. As the desperation of these newcomers continually tests the humanity of Los Angeles immigration enforcement officers, the face of a 21st century L.A. gradually begins to take form.