What is London River / The Door about?

Presented by the French Film & TV office, French Embassy, Los Angeles and the Irish Film Board: LONDON RIVER, 2009, 3B Productions, 87 min. Dir. Rachid Bouchareb. On July 7, 2005, four Muslim assassins, traveling on London’s public transport, during morning rush hour, activate a series of bombs. LONDON RIVER tells the emotional story of an unlikely friendship that develops between Mrs. Sommers (Brenda Blethyn) a prejudiced Christian mother, and Ousmane, a Muslim father (Sotigui Kouyaté, 2009 Berlin Silver Bear winner as best actor), who search for their children following the attacks. Plus: “The Door,” 2009, Octagon Films, 17 min. Dir. Juanita Wilson. A father’s desperate attempt to come to terms with the devastating effects of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

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What is London River / The Door about?: Presented by the French Film & TV office, French Embassy, Los Angeles and the Irish Film Board: LONDON RIVER, 2009, 3B Productions, 87 min. Dir. Rachid Bouchareb. On July 7, 2005, four Muslim assassins, traveling on London’s public transport, during morning rush hour, activate a series of bombs. LONDON RIVER tells the emotional story of an unlikely friendship that develops between Mrs. Sommers (Brenda Blethyn) a prejudiced Christian mother, and Ousmane, a Muslim father (Sotigui Kouyaté, 2009 Berlin Silver Bear winner as best actor), who search for their children following the attacks. Plus: “The Door,” 2009, Octagon Films, 17 min. Dir. Juanita Wilson. A father’s desperate attempt to come to terms with the devastating effects of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.