River (2015 Canadian film)

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.

River
Film poster
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
Release date	1 June 2015 (2015-06-01)
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	Canada Laos
Languages	French English Laotian Thai

Plot

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]

Cast

• Rossif Sutherland as John Lake
• Douangmany Soliphanh as Douangmany
• Sara Botsford as Dr. Stephanie Novella
• Ted Atherton as Patrick Reardon
• David Soncin as Simon
• Aidan Gillett as Lachlan
• Vithaya Pansringarm as The Bartender