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The River
Directed by
Tsai Ming-liang
Not Rated
1997
1h 56m
Drama
,
Romance
7.2
75%
77%
6.7
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A young man develops severe neck pain after swimming in a polluted river; his dysfunctional parents are unable to provide any relief for him or themselves.
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Cast of The River
Lee Kang-sheng
Hsiao-Kang
Miao Tian
Father
Lu Yi-ching
Mother
Chen Shiang-Chyi
Hsiao-Kang's Girlfriend
Ann Hui
Film Director
Chen Chao-jung
Anonymous Man
Yang Kuei-mei
Woman in Hotel
Lin Hsiao-Lan
Mother
Zhang Long
Mother's Lover
Tsai Ming-liang
Director / Screenplay
Yi-chun Tsai
Screenplay
Pi-ying Yang
Screenplay
Chiu Shun-Ching
Producer
Hu-pin Chung
Executive Producer
Hsu Li-Kong
Producer
Shih-Fang Wang
Associate Producer
Tony Lan
Production Design
Lee Pao-lin
Art Direction
Nien-Chiu Cheng
Set Decoration
Mu-Shan Kuo
Set Decoration
The River Ratings & Reviews
Artforum
Susan Sontag
Nobody pictures despair -- and silence -- like [Tsai Ming-liang], who uses the same actors, often the same apartment location, in film after film.
The Nation
B. Ruby Rich
The River continues director Tsai Ming-liang's obsession with disjointed families, isolated individuals and sparer-than-spare narratives.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
The result is a stunning surreal film that remains unexplored in all the mysteries it holds, just like the river that flows in the city.
AV Club
Scott Tobias
The River is difficult and unpleasant at times, but as a somber metaphor for contaminated lives, it's masterful.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A brilliant, multi-layered work by a true artist of the cinema.
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward Guthmann
Tsai is so adept at pacing and mood, and so good at capturing a sense of yearning, that his film draws us in despite its unusually long takes and sparse cutting.
Reel.com
Rod Armstrong
Too murky and long to swim in.
culturevulture.net
Arthur Lazere
a painfully incisive portrait of the contemporary human condition
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