BIG RIVER
Atsushi Funahashi
TITLE
BIG RIVER
DIRECTOR
Atsushi Funahashi
PRODUCER
Office Kitano
STATUS
Completed
NATIONALITY
USA, Japan
YEAR
2005
LANGUAGE
Japanese, English
LENGTH
104"
ORIGINAL TITLE
Big River
GENRE
Drama
CAST
Joe Odagiri, Kavi Raz, Chloe Snyder
TITLE
BIG RIVER
DIRECTOR
Atsushi Funahashi
PRODUCER
Office Kitano
STATUS
Completed
NATIONALITY
USA, Japan
YEAR
2005
ORIGINAL TITLE
Big River
LANGUAGE
Japanese, English
LENGTH
104"
CAST
Joe Odagiri, Kavi Raz, Chloe Snyder
GENRE
Drama
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SYNOPSIS
Soon after he lands in America, Ali, a Muslim man from Pakistan, begins his search for his estranged wife, Nadia. Picking up Teppei, a Japanese traveler hitchhiking his way across America, and Sarah, a local trailer park girl, who help him in his search.
The three of them succeed in finding Nadia, who, to Ali’s dismay, is living a new life in Phoenix with another man. Anxiously wondering where his life is leading, Ali decides to spend the rest of his stay in America with Teppei and Sarah.
In the brief time they are together, the three companions commit to helping one another. Ali, Teppei, and Sarah begin a new journey, through the American South west to find their own individual identities.

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Shanghai International Film Festival
Pusan International Film Festival
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