Marcus Chait

North Country -- When Josey Aimes returns to her hometown in Northern Minnesota after a failed marriage, she needs a good job.

Million Dollar Baby -- Troubled by the painful estrangement from his daughter, boxing trainer Frankie Dunn has been unwilling to let himself get close to anyone -- then Maggie Fitzgerald walks into his gym.

When Josey Aimes (Academy Award winner Charlize Theron) returns to her hometown in Northern Minnesota after a failed marriage, she needs a good job. A single mother with two children to support, she turns to the predominant source of employment in the region - the iron mines. The mines provide a livelihood that has sustained a community for generations. The work is hard but the pay is good and friendships that form on the job extend into everyday life, bonding families and neighborhoods with a common thread.

When Josey Aimes returns to her hometown in Northern Minnesota after a failed marriage, she needs a good job.