London River

London River

France / UK, 2009, 88’

Director:Rachid Bouchareb

Cast:Sotigui Kouyaté, Brenda Blethyn, Francis Magee

Language:English, French

6 December, Thursday 19.00

9 December, Sunday 15.00

Following the 2005 bombings in London an English widow crosses paths with an African forester; both have come to the city in search of their respective children. As this strange twosome track down their children they discover that they do not know much about their children who have left home and started living in the city. At first they are distant toward one another, but during the course of their quest among hospitals and morgues a dread sinks upon them drawing them closer as the need to understand one another emerges. A warm and sincere film with its plain story, political sensitivity, and, above all, Kouyaté’s acting which earned him the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2009.