The Cross Road is a 2008 film written and directed by Alexandra Thompson. Starring Shenae Grimes

Shenae Grimes

Shenae Grimes is a Canadian actress. She currently portrays the role of Annie Wilson on 90210, a spinoff of Beverly Hills, 90210. Prior to that she played Darcy Edwards on Degrassi: The Next Generation...

 as Bridget and Garen Boyajian as Salaam, it is the story of love and intolerance.

Synopsis

The Cross Road is a modern Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...

type of story. The Syrian Ahmed family has recently immigrated to the States and chooses to live in Middle America. The family is confronted by the Monroes, an American family who has a great distrust of foreigners, particularly Arabs. Walker Monroe (Bruce Gooch) wants to drive the Syrian family out of their town. Meanwhile Salaam (Garen Boyajian), the young son of the immigrants has fallen in love with the American family's daughter Bridget (Shenae Grimes

Shenae Grimes

Shenae Grimes is a Canadian actress. She currently portrays the role of Annie Wilson on 90210, a spinoff of Beverly Hills, 90210. Prior to that she played Darcy Edwards on Degrassi: The Next Generation...

). Walker recruits a fatherless teen next door to help him drive the Ahmeds out of his town but in doing so he jeopardizes Salaam's life and his own daughter's happiness.

Cast

• Garen Boyajian as Salaam
• Shenae Grimes
  Shenae Grimes
  Shenae Grimes is a Canadian actress. She currently portrays the role of Annie Wilson on 90210, a spinoff of Beverly Hills, 90210. Prior to that she played Darcy Edwards on Degrassi: The Next Generation...
  
   as Bridget
• Bruce Gooch as Walker
• Tommy Lioutas
  Tommy Lioutas
  Tommy Lioutas is a Canadian actor who is best known for his role as Griff in Whistler and as Rich Powell in The Best Years. He also has several other television and film credits. Lioutas became a regular cast of the series Whistler in season 2. He also appeared in Degrassi: The Next Generation...
  
   as Chris
• Allan Aarons as Costa
• Terry C. Barna as Police Officer #1
• Richard Blackburn as Principal
• Callahan Connor as Steve
• Susan Greenfield as Jane
• Cecilia Jalaidan as Laila
• Sabrina Jalees as Muslim Gi
• Keira Loughran as Art Teacher
• Sean O'Neil as Paul
• Farzad Sadrian as Ali

Awards / Nominations

Wins

• Actor Garen Boyajian, winner of "Best Male Actor" at the Monaco International Film Festival
  Monaco International Film Festival
  The Monaco International Film Festival, one of the premiere European film festivals, is an annual international special interest film festival held in Monaco. It is a non-profit organization, formed in December 2003. The festival focuses on Non-Violent films, screening productions from around the...
  
  for his role in the film as Salaam
• Actors Garen Boyajian, Shenae Grimes, Tommy Lioutas, Bruce Gooch and Sean O'Neill, co-winners of "Best Ensemble Cast" at the same festival
• Director Alexandra Thompson won the AFA Award at the 2008 Angel Film Awards

Nominations

• The film was also nominated for the "Golden Aphrodite Award" at the Cyprus International Film Festival.