London River details
| Format: | 12 DVD |
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| Starring: | Brenda Blethyn, Sotigui Kouyaté, Lesley Manville, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila |
| Director: | Rachid Bouchareb |
| Genre: | Drama - Romantic |
| Studio: | SHOWBOX MEDIA |
| Name | Discs | |
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London River |
12 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 27 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 11 Oct 2010 |
| Main languages: | English |
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By Tom Charity from LOVEFiLMBrenda Blethyn and Sotigui Kouyate deliver emotional performances as parents searching for their missing children after the 7/7 bombings.
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A gentle moving reminder
By a customer from London , 25 Jul 2010[Highly rated reviewer]
The high rating is really due to the two main actors whose acting is subtle and brilliant, and really gives this film its power and believability. They play parents from very different cultures and beliefs, who separately come to London to find their children who have been missing since the day of the 7/7/2005 bombings. Filmed in and around (mostly) North London, the film is a realistic insight of what it may have been like for some of those who were directly affected by the bombings. Although this film wasn't universally liked, and definitely isn't for everyone, for me personally, especially as a Londoner, I thought it was a fitting tribute.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(31)One not to miss!
By JGRK (5 reviews) , 20 Oct 2012This is one of the best films I have seen of late. The two main actors are nothing short of excellent and the film shows the torment of trying to fight through bureaucratic procedures in the search for a loved-one in the aftermath of a large disaster. Brenda Blethyn's role touches on latent attitudes to race beautifully and the film draws a sensitive distinction between muslim terrorists and the vast majority of muslim citizens living here.
In my view, not to be missed!- Was this review helpful to you?
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A Different take on 7/7
By OscarFreak (423 reviews) from London , 14 Jun 2012I found this film very interesting as it showed a side of 7/7 I was not aware off living in Singapore at the time. The story of two parents trying to find out what had happened to their children was very tastefully done, but did not shrink from horrors that occurred and the impact on those left to mourn.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A good film
By a customer , 04 Apr 2012I really enjoyed this film. Brenda Blethyn is a amazing actress. I would happily view this again. Plus its based on a true story.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Put subtitles on before you start watching!
By a customer , 13 Nov 2011If I had known most of this film was in French I would not have bothered with it.
By the time we got the subtitles sorted we had lost interest. Like some other reviewers we only continued watching to see what the outcome was going to be.
My partner fell asleep at one stage!
Dull, depressing and frustrating because most of it is in French.- Was this review helpful to you?
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The nobility of two parents, coming through suffering
By Picaro (68 reviews) from Bangor , 16 Aug 2011Instead of offering mere diversion and 'entertainment', this film enriches and further humanises the viewer, who empathises with the unfolding drama of two very different parents as they search for traces of their (adult) daughter and son, respectively, following the 2005 London bombing. The gentle helpfulness of very disparate members, and officials, of the disparate London community where the victims had lived, contribute to the Aristotelian 'catharsis' that the viewer experiences, in sharing human grief and sympathy, without any additional cinematographic drama, as the anguished English mother and the French-African father uncover the fate of their daughter and son respectively.
Interviews with the director, Rachid Bouchard, and Brenda Blethyn reinforce the deep pathos and nobility of the characters--which Sotigui Kouyaté's silent sculptural features admirably underline.- Was this review helpful to you?
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