
Mystic River(2003)
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.



Ruth Wilson
Alice Bell

Mark Stanley
Joe Bell

Sean Bean
Richard Bell

Esmé Creed-Miles
Young Alice

Dean Andrews
Matty

Joe Dempsie
David

Mike Noble
Rowan Spender
Aiden McCullough
Young Joe

Shane Attwooll
Tower

Steve Garti
Jim
Dark River is a thriller, drama, mystery film released in 2017 exploring themes of sexual abuse, abusive father, alcoholism, yorkshire, guilt. Directed by Clio Barnard, it stars Ruth Wilson, Mark Stanley, Sean Bean. After her father dies, a young woman returns to her Yorkshire village for the first time in 15 years to claim the family farm she believes is hers.
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