Q&A with Brian Helgeland

City:
Saint Petersburg

Cinemas:
Angleterre Cinema Lounge
Avrora
Lenfilm

Dates:
10–14 November 2015

Partners:
Consulate General of The United States in St. Petersburg CoolConnections


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Таинственная река
Mystic River

Country: USA
Year: 2003
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon
Genres: drama, mystery, thriller
Language: English
Translation: russian subtitles
Time: 2 hours 18 minutes
Возраст: 16+

In the summer of 1975 in a neighborhood in Boston, 3 kids, Dave Boyle and two of his friends, Jimmy and Sean, are playing on the sidewalk when Dave gets abducted by two men and endures several days of sexual abuse. Eventually, Dave escapes traumatized throughout adulthood. Jimmy is an ex-con and a father of three, whose daughter Katie, is found dead and Dave becomes the number one suspect. Sean is a homicide detective, investigating Katie's murder, ends up finding himself faced with past and present demons as more is uncovered about Katie's murder. Learning Katie had a boyfriend, ballistics later turn up a gun belonging to the father, which then puts her boyfriend as the suspect. Will Sean find out who killed Katie? Will Jimmy make it through the investigation? And will Dave ever find out what really happened when he was abducted?