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21 October 2005 (Canada)
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It's the truth that haunts us
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Abel Grey is sent to investigate the death of a boy from an exclusive local school, who is found floating in the river...
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Some Truths Are Better off Hidden
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Edward Burns | ... | Abel Grey |
 | Jennifer Ehle | ... | Betsy Chase |
 | Thomas Gibson | ... | August 'Gus' Pierce |
 | John Kapelos | ... | Joey Tosh |
 | Jamie Thomas King | ... | Harry McKenna (as Jamie King) |
 | Rachelle Lefevre | ... | Carlin Leander |
 | Bruce Murphy | ... | Joey's Son |
 | David Gibson McLean | ... | Young Abel (as David Maclean) |
| Julian Rhind-Tutt | ... | Eric Herman |
| Ross Petty | ... | The Dean |
| David Christoffel | ... | Matt Farris |
| Richard Fitzpatrick | ... | Police Chief |
| Karl Pruner | ... | Walter Pierce |
 | Jonathan Malen | ... | Nathaniel Gibb |
| Jeff A. Wright | ... | Robbie (as Jeff Wright) |
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Rated R for language and some violent images.
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USA:95 min (DVD version) | Canada:99 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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At the end of the film, Abel's father, Ernest, recalls how Abel's brother had hugged him the day that he committed suicide. Ernest then remarks that he found it strange because it wasn't Frank's way. This dialogue is taken directly from a scene where Abel is talking to his mother rather than his father.
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Revealing mistakes: After pulling Gus' body from the river, Abel and Joey's boots and pants are perfectly dry. It would've been impossible for them to pull the body from the river without at least getting their boots and pant legs wet.
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Come Over
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In the city of Hadin, when two children find the body of the student Gus Pierce (Thomas Gibson) underneath the frozen water of the River King, the policeman Abel Grey (Edward Burns) is assigned for the investigation. The dean of the powerful and conservative local Haddan School where Gus studied, afraid of a possible scandal, tells the police that the outcast boy committed suicide. But Abel, after interviewing his best girlfriend, Carlin Leander (Rachelle Lefreve), suspects that Gus was victim of a hazing of the Order of the Elect, a secret society of the Chalk House. Along his investigation, Abel, who has a trauma with the loss of his brother Frank years ago, finds corruption in his department and love with the teacher Betsy Chase (Jennifer Ehle). In the end, he discloses the truth about the death of Gus, and resolves his innermost issues with the ghost of Frank.
"The River King" is a pleasant low budget dramatic thriller, with a very good story, acting, direction and cinematography. The story and the characters are very well developed in a suitable pace and I particularly liked very much the performance of Edward Burns. Surprisingly this simple and efficient film is much underrated in IMDb. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "O Mistério de River King" ("The Mystery of River King")