The Endless River

The Endless River

★ 3.9IMDb Score
Released:2015-09-07
Genre:Drama
Duration:108 min
Director:Oliver Hermanus
Actors:Nicolas Duvauchelle, Crystal-Donna Roberts, Clayton Evertson, Denise Newman, Darren Kelfkens
Production:Moonlighting Films, Swift Productions

Overview:

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.

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