Crossing Over

Is Crossing Over right for your family?

Movie 2009 113 min

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.

What's inside

Provisional estimate — not yet fully analyzed. 16 (BR)

Likely present: ViolenceFamily themesPolitical & social messagingHeavy emotional content

The synopsis describes immigrants seeking a better life and desperate scenarios, suggesting social, political, and heavy emotional themes, with potential for violence.

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