Synopsis
A young waitress welcomes her husband home to the small South African town of Riviersonderend (Endless River) after his four-year jail sentence. At first it appears their plans for a new life together are finally being realized. But when the family of a foreigner living on a nearby farm is brutally murdered, the young woman and the grieving widower begin gravitating towards each other. Trapped in a cycle of violence and bloodshed, the two form an unlikely bond seeking to transcend their mutual anger, pain and loneliness.
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
17 audience votes
Key crew
- Oliver HermanusDirector
- Oliver HermanusWriter
Cast
- Nicolas DuvauchelleGilles Esteve
- Crystal-Donna RobertsTiny Solomons
- Clayton EvertsonPercy Solomons
- Denise NewmanMona
- Darren KelfkensCapt. Groenewald
- Carel NelDannie Greyston
- Katia LekarskiAnne Esteve
- Shelton SalieTertian
- Trudy van RooyLawna
- Charlton GeorgeJimmy
- Nomasanto TshabalalaPrimrose
- Octavia MeissenheimerLesahe
Stills
Themes
waitressmoral ambiguitysouth africafamily tragedysearch for meaninggrieving fatherinternal conflictbroken relationshipsunexpected connectionmarital breakdowncrossed destiniescultural divide