The River

Year: 1997

Runtime: 116 mins

Language: Chinese

Director: Tsai Ming-liang

DramaRomanceIntense violence and sexual transgressionChallenging or sexual themes & twistsHeartbreaking and moving family drama

A young man develops severe neck pain after swimming in a polluted river for a movie shoot, but nobody can provide him any relief.

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