The River (Le Fleuve) 21 years old

“The River” ponders whether you can go home again, particularly if you’ve never been there. When Alfa (French rapper Stomy Bugsy) kills his drug-dealer boss in retaliation for a friend’s death, his brother cryptically suggests he leave Paris and “go toward the river.” Accompanied by sassy Senegalese cousin Marie (Auriele Coulibay), he embarks on a road trip back to his disdained African roots. Pic possesses a picaresque charm, plus feisty persona of Marie. But Bugsy is so unflaggingly morose, it’s hard to understand what Marie sees in him. Pic, yet to find a distrib in France, stands little chance in the U.S.

Credits

The River Cast

Name Character
Stomy Bugsy He was 30, now 52 years old as Alfa
Vincent Byrd Le Sage as Michel

The River Crew

Name Department
Mama Keïta as Director. He was 46 (now 68) years old Directing
The River poster
The River (21 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, March 30, 2003
  • Runtime: 95 minutes