The River King

The River King
Directed byNick Willing
Written byNovel
Alice Hoffman
Screenplay
David Kane
Produced byMichele Camarda
Michael Cowan
Jason Piette
Marion Pilowsky
Christopher Zimmer
StarringEdward Burns
Rachelle Lefèvre
Jennifer Ehle
CinematographyPaul Sarossy
Edited byJon Gregory
Music bySimon Boswell
Distributed byKismet Film Company
Release date
  • October 21, 2005 (2005-10-21)
Running time
99 minutes
CountriesCanada
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The River King is a 2005 film directed by Nick Willing and starring Edward Burns, Rachelle Lefèvre and Jennifer Ehle as a policeman, student and teacher all searching for the truth behind the apparent suicide of a young man at a small private school.[1] Lefevre plays Carlin Leander, the young man's only real friend, who is now haunted by memories of their increasingly difficult relationship.

The film is based the novel The River King by Alice Hoffman.[1]

  1. ^ a b Douglass Jr., Todd. "The River King". DVD Talk.