The Endless River
By Oliver Hermanus • 2015 • Drama • 01h50
A young waitress welcomes her husband home to the small South African town of Riviersonderend (Endless River) after his four-year jail sentence. At first it appears their plans for a new life together are finally being realized. But when the family of a foreigner living on a nearby farm is brutally murdered, the young woman and the grieving widower begin gravitating towards each other. Trapped in a cycle of violence and bloodshed, the two form an unlikely bond seeking to transcend their mutual anger, pain and loneliness.
Venice 2015 – Competition
Toronto IFF 2015 – Contemporary World Cinema
Haifa IFF 2015 – Panorama Section
Busan IFF 2015 – World Cinema Section
BFI London 2015 – Dare Section
Sao Paulo IFF 2015 – International Perspective Section
Mumbai IFF 2015 – World Cinema Section
Bratislava IFF 2015
Carthage IFF 2015 – Silver Tanit Award
Dubai IFF 2015 – Cinema of the World Section
Palm Springs IFF 2016 – World Cinema Now
IFFR Rotterdam 2016 – Limelight Section
Goteborg IFF 2016 – Panorama section Five Continents
CinemAfrica FF in Stockholm 2016
Spirit of Fire IFF 2016
Miami IFF 2016 – Cinema 360 Section
Kosmorama Trondheim IFF 2016
Febiofest 2016
Minneapolis St Paul IFF 2016
African FF in Spain 2016
Sydney IFF 2016
FICS Santander 2016
Cambridge African FF 2016
Original title: The Endless River
Director: Oliver Hermanus
Casting: Nicolas Duvauchelle, Crystal-Donna Roberts, Clayton Evertson, Denise Newman, Darren Kelfkens, Katia Lekarski
Production company: Moonlighting Stu Productions, Swift Productions
Country: South Africa, France
Production year: 2015
Language: English
Runtime: 01h50
