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5.7/10   85 votes
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Director:
Martin Spottl
Writers:
Sigal Erez (writer)
Martin Spottl (writer)
Genre:
Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
Where the American Dream becomes a Nightmare more
Plot:
A small-town sheriff falls in love with a Latina illegal immigrant who witnessed a murder on the Texas border. | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Wonderfully written, directed, and acted--a thoughtful and moving film. more (5 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Brad Johnson ... Grant Johnson

Sigal Erez ... Miranda
Adrienne Barbeau ... Mrs. Randall

Brian Bloom ... Walt Dernin
J.C. Quinn ... Harmon

Marshall R. Teague ... Ty Parker Johnson (as Marshall Teague)

Justin Urich ... Billy Mercer

Jullian Dulce Vida ... Jesus (as Julio Dolce Vita)

Carlos Carrasco ... Franco

Mark Adair-Rios ... Danny Sanchez
Stephen Spacek ... Hydstra
Roger Velasco ... Luciano

Julia Vera ... Mama

Steve Vinovich ... John 'Buddy' Randall
Courtney Gebhart ... Loretta
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:99 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Singapore:NC-16
Filming Locations:
California, USA

Fun Stuff

Soundtrack:
Border Blues more

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Wonderfully written, directed, and acted--a thoughtful and moving film., 18 September 2000
9/10
Author: T. Allan from Texas

The wonderful acting by Sigal Erez is likely to be the first outstanding thing that one notices in this film. Her character is created with intensity, partly by the amazing acting and partly by the well-written script. But the entire cast is excellent, including fine performances by actors whose work I had not previously known--for example, Julio Dolce Vita, Carlos Carrasco, and Brian Bloom are especially good. Bloom's anger and brutality are as convincing as the reassuring humanity of Dolce Vita and Carrasco. (Bloom's astonishing feat of leaping, in one fast action scene, is among the most dextrous film leaps that I've seen).

The story concerns the troubled lives of border-crossing Latinas and Latinos, and also the equally troubled history of the official responses to these immigrants in the U.S. But the film is never preachy. The action is fast or tender, always moving, convincing, and shot with the art that conceals art. Like the careful and and smart photography, the awareness of the film's deeper resonance is likely to occur to you only later, when you return to it, which I have already done several times.

Movies with which to compare this one include THE BORDER, EL NORTE, and LONE STAR. Nowhere among these movies is any performance as subtle, skillful, and deep as what Sigal Erez achieves in ACROSS THE LINE. And under Spottl's superb direction, this film is an outstanding contribution to that line of good movies. Highly recommended--one of the very best recent films.

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