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Only the River Flows

He bian de cuo wu

2023

Wei Shujun

Zhu Yilong, Chloe Maayan, Tianlai Hou, Tong Lin Kai

5.6

801

Thriller. Mystery Chief police investigates a series of murders in a riverside town in rural China in the 1990s. An arrest is made quickly, clues push the policeman to dive deeper into the hidden behaviour of the locals

	Media	Author	Review
		Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"Like the investigation itself, the meaning of 'Only the River Flows' gradually finds its focus as the story progresses, leaving the viewer staring into the same abyss the detective does"
		Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"Structurally inventive, if not downright format-twisting (...) A reminder of the alternative narrative perspectives and cinematic sophistication that have moved cinema forward in the past"
		Clarence Tsui South China Morning Post	"What is not in doubt is his standing as one of China’s most complex cineastes (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jessica Kiang Variety	"A witty, convoluted China-noir"
		Jeffrey Zhang The Playlist	"Better as a portrait of a small river town and its denizens’ idiosyncratic secrets, the pieces of the jigsaw aren’t meant to fit together"

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