River

A raw, haunted recovery drama that blurs grief and hallucination, keeping you uneasy and emotionally exposed.

Directed by

Laurenzo Vergeynst

Genres

Thriller, Mystery

Starring

Ilse De Rauw, Karlijn Sileghem, Emmy Leemans

Overview

Methylenedioxymethamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, amphetamines and ketamine. An epic mix capable of knocking a rhino off its paws, but it’s also a potentially lethal cocktail that sends River to the emergency room after his best buddy Donny committed suicide. But like a Phoenix rising after a thorough stomach pump, River is alive and well! Not quite in Olympic form, but still far from six feet under. Determined to trade all that chemical crap for tofu and alfalfa seeds, River joins a support group to dig up his past, like any good cocaine addict worthy of the name. Except that his path to sobriety is everything but smooth, as River is regularly haunted in his sleep by Donny. A ghost, a living dead, an apparition, a hallucination, call it what you want but it’s definitely not real. But Donny keeps on jabbering about some strange promise, one which River hasn’t kept…

How it feels

Dark, melancholic, eerie and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Addiction, grief, guilt, trauma

Content

Strong language. Mild violence, gore and sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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