64%User score 64 percent
The River
1984 · Drama
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132 votes
When Amador Coro gets out of prison for having provoked a fire, nobody is waiting for him. He returns to his home town, a small village hidden in the mountains of rural Galicia, to live with his elder mother, Benedicta, and three cows. Life goes on calmly, following the rhythm of the nature. Until the night when a fire devastates the region.
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David de Poso
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March 22, 2026
I think it’s really the photography that does so much of the heavy lifting here, set amidst the verdant and pristine Galician hillsides to where “Amador” (Amador Arias) has recently returned. He has been in prison for arson and so isn’t exactly welcome back to his mother’s smallholding where she lives with her dog and three cows. “Benedicta” (Benedicta Sánchez) has the looks of a frail old woman, but she is made of h…
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