River is a Canadian thriller film directed by Jamie M. Dagg. It premiered in the Discovery section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[1] The film was chosen as the winner of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's Claude Jutra Award, as the year's best feature film directed by a first-time director.[2] Rossif Sutherland garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actor at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.
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Directed by | Jamie M. Dagg |
Written by | Jamie M. Dagg |
Produced by | Nick Sorbara |
Starring | Rossif Sutherland Sara Botsford Douangmany Soliphanh Ted Atherton |
Cinematography | Adam Marsden |
Edited by | Duff Smith |
Production company | Redlab Digital |
Distributed by | Elevation Pictures XYZ Films |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Countries | Canada Laos |
Languages | French English Laotian Thai |
John Lake (Rossif Sutherland) is an American doctor working in Laos.[3] After he intervenes to stop the sexual assault of a young woman, the assailant is found dead the next morning — thus leaving Lake open to charges of murder if he cannot prove his innocence, and forcing him on the run back to the American embassy in Vientiane.[3]
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