The film doesnt have much dialogue, and about half is in spanish subtitled in english. Frontera, protagonizada por ed harris, eva longoria y michael pena ya esta disponible en. He falls for a woman, maite, whose father asks him to take her away. Like most bodies of water, the rio grande frequently changing. He and cowriter luis moulinet certainly deserve credit for approaching the relevant and polarizing topic of illegal immigration from a humanistic perspective rather than a. The image of ed harris in a cowboy hat, astride a horse, in frontera is as resonant a symbol of american stoicism as gary cooper, glowering and tightlipped, in high noon. Ed harris rides high in frontera the new york times. Young victoria is taken by human traffickers to be sold as a sex slave. Minor spoilers frontera spanish for border is a barely known but great little movie about bordercrosser miguel michael pena accused of murder along the arizonamexico border. The former police captains wife is killed while she is taking care for their farm. Frontera follows the events that take place after a former arizona sheriffs wife amy madigan is killed while riding on their ranch. After being left in the desert victorias brother ernesto must track down the location of his sister and rescue. Parents need to know that frontera is a drama that revolves around an unsolved death on the u. Read the frontera movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on.
Theres some language goddamn, tits, dk, and teens can be seen using guns irresponsibly. Post jobs, find pros, and collaborate commissionfree in our professional marketplace. A chilean teacher, ramiro, is sentenced to internal exile in a southern town where tidal waves often appear. Thats not to say that director michael berry does anything wrong with his feature debut. In frontera, an arizona sheriff ed harris is out to find who killed his wife. With michael spartan, saul bridgham, ovannes yepiskoposyan, david k. Set in the tumultuous border area of arizona and mexico, frontera follows the events that take place after a former arizona sheriffs wife amy madigan is killed while riding on their ranch property. Harsh realities of immigration drive overly earnest frontera. The film was selected as the chilean entry for the best foreign language film at the 64th academy awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Frontera is a wellcast, wellmade, wellacted drama that you will probably forget about soon after youve seen it.
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