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London River (2009)
Director: Rachid Bouchareb
Movie review
From Time Out Online
French Algerian director Bouchareb has followed ‘Days of Glory’ with this drama about two worried parents – one British (Blethyn), one West African (Kouyaté) – who meet in London during the search for their respective children after the 2005 bombings on the Underground. It’s always interesting to follow a fresh eye in our city, but the writing is schematic, Blethyn’s performance is uncontrolled and Bouchareb is negligent with the film’s sense of time and place – a misstep that will alienate more viewers at a London film festival than it did earlier this year at Berlin, where it was received reasonably warmly.Author: Dave Calhoun
Time Out Online London Film Festival 2009
Cast & crew
Director: Rachid Bouchareb
Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Sotigui Kouyate, Roschdy Zem full cast
Duration: 87 mins
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