The River Why

The River Why

One man's struggle to catch his dreams.

2010101 min5.3 / 10

A meditative coming-of-age drama about self-discovery through solitude and fly-fishing, centered on a young man's journey toward reconciliation and love.

A young man abandons his family for a solitary life of fly-fishing. His goal was to find his own way in the fishing world and thereby find himself and love.

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