London River
2009 · Movie · 87 min · ★ 6.7 · 79% critics
In the aftermath of the 2005 London attacks, two parents travel to the city searching for their missing children. As they follow painful clues, their search forces them to confront grief, fear, and their assumptions about each other.
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Details
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-02-09
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Critic score
- 79/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (53 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a quiet, emotional drama about grief, mistrust, and human connection, especially if you liked Home or Broken Flowers; Not for you if you want fast pacing or suspense-first storytelling.
Pros: affecting central story; strong lead performance; thoughtful look at prejudice | Cons: uneven character connection; search feels implausible; development could be stronger
Themes
- london, england
- muslim
- religious education
- koran
- intolerance
- missing person
- bigotry
Awards & recognition
- Silver Bear — Best Actor · 2009
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2010 · nominated
Cast & crew
Brenda Blethyn
as Elisabeth
Sotigui Kouyaté
as Ousmane
Sami Bouajila
as Imam
Roschdy Zem
as Le Boucher
Francis Magee
as Inspecteur anglais
Bernard Blancan
as Ouvrier Forestier
- MB
Marc Baylis
as Edward
- GR
Gareth Randall
as Pasteur
- AE
Aurélie Eltvedt
as Guide Chapelle
Mathieu Schiffman
as Inspecteur anglais
Directed by Rachid Bouchareb