Downriver

Downriver (2015)

The path to redemption is paved in sin.

James has served time for drowning a little boy when he was a child, although the body was never found in the river. A visit from his victim's mother upon parole sends him on a quest to find the truth. With little time and danger at every turn, James risks his freedom and his life to uncover the trail of sins that might give closure to the grieving mother.

Date of release
2015-08-07
TMDB
4.6 / 10 (16)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Drama
Director
Grant Scicluna

Casting

Interesting facts

Downriver is a 2015 Australian film funded by Screen Australia, Film Victoria and Melbourne International Film Festival, produced by Happening Films. It is writer-director Grant Scicluna's feature debut. The main cast includes Robert Taylor, Kerry Fox, Helen Morse and Reef Ireland. It is described as a mystery drama in which a teenage killer returns to uncover dark truths in his quest to find a missing body.

Production

Filming began and completed in late 2014 in Warrandyte.

Downriver is an expansion of Scicluna's short film The Wilding, which won the Iris Prize in 2012; it was developed through Screen Australia's Springboard production funding and features Reef Ireland in the lead role.

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