White River (2023) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

2023 · 91 mins · Chinese

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Directed by

Ma Xue

Starring

Li Wei, Song Ningfeng, Tian Yuan, Xu Weihao, Li Donghe, Zuo Xiaoguang

During quarantine in Yanjiao, a town divided from Beijing by the White River, Yang Fan keeps a simple routine of cooking, cleaning and obeying the rules. Her husband becomes obsessed with a voyeuristic fetish revolving around a classic painting in their bedroom, while Yang Fan starts an affair with an enigmatic restaurant waiter who habitually urinates beneath a tree after closing. Rather than fighting, the three embark on a threesome that soon expands to involve other people.