| Topic: | London River | |
| Posted by: | Sara Nathan | |
| Date/Time: | 25/11/10 22:42:00 |
| This is a low-to-no budget two hander (effectively) starring Brenda Blethyn and Sotigui Kouyaté in a rather moving story about two people from wholly different clutures meeting and getting to know each other while searching for their grown children in the aftermath of the London bombings of July 2005. A lot of it was improvised and all shot in about three weeks on location in Stoke Newington and interiors in the south of France. The movie is more in French than English - tricky for Brenda Blethyn who spoke none when filming was mooted. her co-star died in April just after winning best actor for this role in the Berlin film festival and she says that he was already seriously sick during filming - sitting in a wheelchair on oxygen until the director called "action" and then tottering on to do his scenes. I really liked it - though enjoy isn't quite the word but something this unglamorous (and unrealistic - everyone in London is charming and helpful and unabusive!)low-budget AND in French is unlikely to make a box office stir. |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Film thread 2010 | 13/10/10 09:56:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Film thread 2010 | 13/10/10 11:13:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Re:Film thread 2010 | 13/10/10 15:10:00 | Chris Hurley |
| Re:Re:Re:Film thread 2010 | 13/10/10 22:44:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Film thread 2010 | 14/10/10 13:35:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Film thread 2010 | 14/10/10 17:32:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Film thread 2010 | 14/10/10 17:57:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Still Never let me go... | 14/10/10 23:23:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Still Never let me go... | 15/10/10 10:37:00 | Michael Robinson |
| Re:Re:Still Never let me go... | 15/10/10 23:07:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Film thread 2010 | 17/10/10 08:07:00 | Joe Conneely |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Film thread 2010 | 17/10/10 09:07:00 | Marlene Plimley |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Film thread 2010 | 17/10/10 11:22:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Made in Dagenham | 27/10/10 22:48:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Made in Dagenham | 28/10/10 00:17:00 | Terri Scooper |
| Re:Re:Made in Dagenham | 28/10/10 08:14:00 | Sara Nathan |
| The Social Network | 28/10/10 23:09:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:The Social Network | 29/10/10 20:41:00 | Chris Hurley |
| Re:Re:Re:Made in Dagenham | 29/10/10 19:31:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Made in Dagenham - spoiler alertl | 29/10/10 22:47:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Made in Dagenham - spoiler alertl | 30/10/10 09:21:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Made in Dagenham - spoiler alertl | 30/10/10 10:52:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Made in Dagenham - spoiler alertl | 30/10/10 11:33:00 | Susan Kelly |
| The Kids are All Right.... | 04/11/10 23:18:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:The Kids are All Right.... | 05/11/10 00:10:00 | Jen Morty |
| Re:Re:The Kids are All Right.... | 05/11/10 10:22:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Another Year | 06/11/10 22:11:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Chico & Rita | 06/11/10 22:14:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Tamara Drewe | 08/11/10 22:18:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Tamara Drewe | 08/11/10 22:45:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Re:Tamara Drewe | 09/11/10 07:43:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Somewhere | 16/11/10 14:48:00 | Sara Nathan |
| The American | 16/11/10 14:51:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Barney's Version | 20/11/10 22:55:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Barney's Version | 21/11/10 10:15:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Re:Barney's Version | 21/11/10 10:42:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Re:Re:Barney's Version | 21/11/10 12:31:00 | Marlene Plimley |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Barney's Version | 21/11/10 16:36:00 | Vivienne Duggan |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Barney's Version | 21/11/10 17:14:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Blue Valentine | 23/11/10 22:54:00 | Sara Nathan |
| London River | 25/11/10 22:42:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:London River | 26/11/10 08:22:00 | Susan Kelly |
| London Boulevard | 27/11/10 23:15:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:London Boulevard | 28/11/10 08:12:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Re:London Boulevard | 28/11/10 09:44:00 | Sara Nathan |
| The girl with the dragon tattoo | 28/11/10 17:27:00 | Sara Nathan |
| The King's Speech | 28/11/10 17:34:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Re:Re:London Boulevard | 29/11/10 11:37:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Black Swan | 04/12/10 23:45:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Love and other drugs | 04/12/10 23:52:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Black Swan | 02/02/11 22:09:00 | Chris Hurley |
| Re:London River | 06/12/10 14:03:00 | Martin Lovick |
| The girl with the dragon tattoo | 06/12/10 23:46:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:The girl with the dragon tattoo | 07/12/10 19:29:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Re:The girl with the dragon tattoo | 07/12/10 21:12:00 | Sara Nathan |
| 127 Hours | 08/12/10 23:22:00 | Sara Nathan |
| The disappearance of Alice Creed | 09/12/10 22:14:00 | Sara Nathan |
| How do you know? | 16/12/10 07:45:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Of Gods and Men (arabic and french with subtitles) | 22/12/10 22:57:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Restrepo (seen on recently released DVD) | 22/12/10 23:17:00 | Joe Conneely |
| London River (seen on recently released DVD) | 23/12/10 09:49:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Africa United | 26/12/10 19:16:00 | Sara Nathan |
| I am Love (italian and a little Russian with English subtitles) | 27/12/10 18:23:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:I am Love (italian and a little Russian with English subtitles) | 27/12/10 19:00:00 | Jen Morty |
| Re:Re:I am Love (italian and a little Russian with English subtitles) | 27/12/10 20:19:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Winter's Bone | 27/12/10 20:23:00 | Sara Nathan |
| NEDS | 28/12/10 00:21:00 | Sara Nathan |
| MIRAL | 30/12/10 23:09:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Holy Rollers | 30/12/10 23:17:00 | Sara Nathan |
| toy story 3 | 31/12/10 17:27:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Leaving (french with subtitles) | 31/12/10 19:29:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Inception | 01/01/11 18:07:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Get Low | 01/01/11 21:04:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Despicable Me | 01/01/11 22:46:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:toy story 3 | 02/01/11 11:16:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Re:toy story 3 | 02/01/11 11:21:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Rabbit Hole | 02/01/11 22:08:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Alice in Wonderland... | 02/01/11 22:13:00 | Sara Nathan |
| True Grit | 03/01/11 20:51:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:True Grit/Peter Postlethwaite | 03/01/11 21:07:00 | Joe Conneely |
| Re:Re:True Grit/Peter Postlethwaite | 03/01/11 23:06:00 | Sara Nathan |
| The Fighter. | 03/01/11 23:11:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Re:Re:True Grit/Peter Postlethwaite | 04/01/11 06:55:00 | Joe Conneely |
| Lebanon (Hebrew with subtitles) | 04/01/11 15:49:00 | Sara Nathan |
| the secret in their eyes (spanish with subtitles) | 04/01/11 18:25:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Round one voting closes today | 05/01/11 14:04:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Of Gods and Men (arabic and french with subtitles) | 07/01/11 17:37:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:127 Hours | 12/01/11 22:17:00 | Chris Hurley |
| Re:Somewhere | 06/01/11 11:26:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Re:Somewhere | 06/01/11 11:30:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Mary & Max | 06/01/11 16:43:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Mary & Max | 06/01/11 23:12:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Re:Mary & Max | 07/01/11 18:04:00 | Joe Conneely |
| Re:Re:Re:Mary & Max | 07/01/11 23:51:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Biutiful | 09/01/11 22:57:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Biutiful | 10/01/11 09:54:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Re:Biutiful | 10/01/11 10:46:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Re:Re:Biutiful | 10/01/11 19:16:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Narnia: voyage of the Dawn Treader | 10/01/11 19:26:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Biutiful | 10/01/11 20:28:00 | Joe Conneely |
| The Town | 10/01/11 23:29:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:The Town | 11/01/11 08:21:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 | 11/01/11 18:28:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 | 11/01/11 19:14:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Re:Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 | 11/01/11 23:54:00 | Sara Nathan |
| The Ghost | 12/01/11 00:03:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Brighton Rock | 12/01/11 22:54:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:The Way Back | 15/01/11 13:51:00 | Keith Iddon |
| Re:Re:The Way Back | 15/01/11 13:55:00 | Keith Iddon |
| Re:Re:Re:The Way Back | 15/01/11 16:17:00 | Joe Conneely |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:The Way Back | 15/01/11 16:49:00 | Keith Iddon |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Way Back | 15/01/11 17:25:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Blue Valentine | 15/01/11 17:25:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Blue Valentine | 15/01/11 23:04:00 | Sara Nathan |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Way Back | 15/01/11 23:03:00 | Sara Nathan |
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