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London River (Original title)
Dates: 2009 (Copyright), 09 July 2010 (Release)

Countries: France, United Kingdom, Algeria

Un film de: Rachid Bouchareb

Synopsis: The lives of a mother from Guernsey, Elisabeth Sommers, worried about her daughter, and an African from France, Ousmane, searching for his son collide in London in the aftermath of the 7 July 2005 terrorist bombings. They discover their children knew each other, and overcome cultural and religious differences and initial misconceptions to give each other mutual support.

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: 23 September 2009Country: FranceRelease type: unknownFormat: 16mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby SRRuntime: 87 mins
Date: 09 July 2010Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 16mm Film - Colour - Sound - DTS (sound)Runtime: 88 mins Length: 7956 FeetLanguage: French

Credits (60)
©: ARTE France, ©: 3B Productions, ©: The Bureau, Tassili Films, Production Company: ARTE France, Production Company: 3B Productions, Production Company: The Bureau, Tassili Films, Presents: Jean Bréhat, Rachid Bouchareb, With the participation of: France 3, With the participation of: La Région PACA, With the participation of: C.N.C., With the participation of: ACSE, With the participation of: Unité de Programme Fiction France 3, Région Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur, Producer: Jean Bréhat, Co-producer: Bertrand Faivre, Matthieu de Braconier, Line Producer: Victoria Goodall, Associate Producer: Muriel Merlin, Business Affairs: Vincent Gadelle, Production Manager: Claire Bodechon, Farah Abushwesha, Head of Production: Emma Murphy, Production Co-ordinator: Valentina Brazzini, Production Administrator: Lucie Bourzam, Location Manager: Caroline Barnes, Post-production Supervisor: Cédric Ettouati, Post-production Supervisor - ARTE France: Odile Carrière, 1st Assistant Director: Mathieu Schiffman, 2nd Assistant Director: Marie Levent, Assistant Director: Mick Pantaleo, Edoardo Trowse, Script Supervisor: Virginie Barbay, Casting - South: Julien Grossi, Casting: Tamara Gillon, Screenplay by: Rachid Bouchareb, [Screenplay] With the collaboration of: Olivier Lorelle, Zoé Galeron, Director of Photography/Camera Operator: Jérôme Alméras, Gaffer: Xavier Cholet, Key Grip - Brittany: Hervé Ribatto, Key Grip - South: Nicolas Éon, Stills Photographer: Roger Arpajou, Editor: Yannick Kergoat, Assistant Editor: Manual Pinto, Art Director: Jean-Marc Tran Tan Ba, Prop Buyer - South: Hugo Richaud, Prop Buyer - Brittany: Franck Jolivel, Construction Manager - South: Jean-Michel Favilla, Costume Designer: Karine Serrano, Key Make-up/Hair: Pascal Thiollier, Original Music: Armand Amar, Sound: Philippe Lecoeur, Sound: Franck Rubio, Olivier Walczak, Foley Artist: Vincent Milner, Publicity - ARTE France: Dorothée Beusekom
Cast (17)
Brenda Blethyn (Elisabeth Somers), Sotigui Kouyaté (Ousmane), Sami Bouajila (imam), Roschdy Zem (butcher), Francis Magee (English inspector), Bernard Blancan (forestry worker), Marc Bayliss (Edward), Gareth Randall (minister), Aurélie Eltvedt (chapel guide), Mathieu Schiffman (English inspector), Diveen Henry (English policeman), Salah Mohamed-Mariche (apartment tenant), Gurdepak Chaggar (travel agent), Faycal Sekkoum (man with mobile phone), Sherekia Barton (hairdresser), Elisabeth Clark (English nurse), Vidya Fellon Sreenivasan (lecturer at mosque)