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The River

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Original title

He liu (The River)

Year

1997

Running time

115 min.

Country

Taiwan

Director

Tsai Ming-liang

Screenwriter

Tsai Ming-liang

Cast

Cinematography

Liao Pen-jung

Genre

Drama | Family Relationships. Gay & Lesbian

Synopsis

A mother, father, and son live together in a small apartment in Taipei but lead very separate lives. The son, Xiao Kang (Lee Kang Sheng), drifts through life without a job; the mother is an elevator operator having an affair with a man who pirates pornographic movies; and the father pursues illicit pleasures in the city's gay saunas and is on a mission to stop the leaking water from the apartment upstairs. When the son is stricken with an agonizing pain in his neck and shoulders, seemingly from taking an ill-advised dunk in the polluted Tansui River, the family is driven on a quest to alleviate the son's pain.

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Awards: 1997: Berlin Film Festival: Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize

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