After the tragic death of his wife, Ray, a veteran security specialist, must protect the daughter of a businessman who embezzled millions from a crime boss in Los Angeles. Uncovering much more than he bargained for, Ray takes matters into his own...
Muhad, a Muslim boy from Afghanistan, attends college in California, where he falls in love with an American journalism student, Victoria. Shortly after, his father suffers a stroke and Muhad must return home to tend to the family farm. As time passes, most of the crops are wiped out by the ongoing drought. Muhad is forced to head North with the rest of the farmers to harvest the poppies. Victoria has settled into her new life as a journalist for a local newspaper in San Francisco. When she follows a lead on a story about the ongoing war on drugs in Afghanistan, she is surprised to find her once innocent, first love is now a major player in the opium poppy trade.
The lives of three young Middle Eastern women intertwine as they struggle to defy tradition and create their own realities. From an arranged marriage and a lesbian love affair to an abusive family situation, the film delicately tackles some of the issues Middle Eastern women are confronted with today.
The Cross Road is a 2008 film written and directed by Alexandra Thompson. Starring Shenae Grimes as Bridget and Garen Boyajian as Salaam, it is the story of love and intolerance.
Durante un control aduanero en la frontera canadiense, Raffi (David Alpay) declara que sólo lleva material para una película que se está rodando en Toronto. Sin embargo, un funcionario llamado David (Christopher Plummer) sospecha que miente y lo somete a un interrogatorio que se convierte en un examen psicológico que revela episodios conflictivos de sus respectivas vidas. Raffi, de origen armenio, vive obsesionado con el recuerdo de su padre y con los sentimientos que dicho recuerdo suscitan en su madre Ani (Arsinée Khanjian) y en su hermanastra Celia (Marie-Josée Croze). Por su parte, David intenta entender y aceptar la relación de su hijo Philip (Brent Carter) con un actor de origen turco Alí (Elias Koteas), al tiempo que trata de establecer una sólida relación con su nieto Tony, el hijo de Philip.
