London River
Filmmaker: Screenplay by Zoe Galeron
UK | France | Algeria / 2010 / 87 min / English | French | Arabic
Opening Weekend Date: 9 July 2010
Check out our exclusive interview with Screenwriter Zoe Galeron, on the Birds Eye View Blog.
Issues of race, nationhood, community and kinship lie at the heart of the new film London River. With brilliant cast like Brenda Bleythn who plays Elizabeth and Sotigui Kouyate playing Ousmane the film has a great impact on the public.
Set against the backdrop of the 7th July 2005 bombings, London River tells the story of a friendship which develops between two seemingly unconnected people- Elizabeth (Brenda Bleythn) and Ousmane (Sotigui Kouyate). Both of them have come to London to search for their children who are missing in the aftermath of the bombings. Although they come from different religious backgrounds- Ousmane is an African Muslim living in France and Elizabeth is a white Christian living in Guernsey, they share the same hope of finding their children alive. Putting aside their cultural differences they give each other the strength to continue the search and maintain faith in humanity.
"Magnificent"
Evening Standard
"Exemplary"
Screen
"Majestic"
Variety