For Your Consideration: Leading Actress
hosted by Paul Ryan
London River BAFTA Q&A with Brenda Blethyn from Trinity Films.
“Brenda Blethyn hasn’t been this good since Secrets & Lies, and has maybe never been so affecting…” Daily Telegraph ****
"This is a film no Londoner should miss: humane, stunningly acted... Blethyn is magnificent." Derek Malcolm, Evening Standard ****
The Times**** Metro**** Empire**** Sunday Mirror**** Saturday Telegraph**** Sunday Express**** Financial Times **** Grazia****
Set against the backdrop of the 7/7 terrorist attacks, London River follows Elizabeth (BAFTA winner, Academy Award® nominee Brenda Blethyn) from a small farming community in Guernsey, as she travels to London in the immediate aftermath of the bombings after failing to hear from her daughter. Elizabeth is disturbed by the confusion of the metropolis and above all by the predominantly Muslim neighbourhood where her daughter lived. Her fear and prejudice escalate when she discovers her daughter was converting to Islam and keeps crossing paths with Ousmane (Silver Bear winner, Sotigui Kouyaté), a West African who has come from France to find his missing son. Although they come from very different backgrounds Elizabeth and Ousmane 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 their faith in humanity.
Curzon Soho Q & A Screening
6th July 2010 Time tbc
Preview Screening and Q&A with Director Rachid Bouchareb
Cine Lumiere Q & A Screening
7th July 2010 at 8:30PM
Preview Screening and Q & A with Director Rachid Bouchareb and Brenda Blethyn in partnership with Missing People
