Crosscurrent (film)

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Crosscurrent
Crosscurrent (film) poster.jpeg
Poster
Chinese 长江图
Directed by Yang Chao
Written byYang Chao
Produced byWang Yu
Yang Jing
Ha Bo [1]
Starring Qin Hao
Cinematography Mark Lee Ping-Bing
Edited byYang Mingming
Kong Jinlei [2]
Music byAn Wei [2]
Production
companies
Trend Cultural Investment Co.
Ray Production
Just Show Production Beijing
Shandong Jiabo Culture Development Co. [2]
Release date
  • 15 February 2016 (2016-02-15)(Berlin)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

Crosscurrent (Chinese :Chang Jiang Tu) is a 2016 Chinese drama film directed by Yang Chao. [3] It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. [4] At Berlin Mark Lee Ping-Bing won the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution for Cinematography. [5]

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Cast

Plot

Captain Gao Chun (Qin Hao) continues to go ashore to find an affair during the time he pilots a cargo ship along the Yangtze River. But he gradually discovers that the women he meets at different docks seems to be the same person-Anlu (Xin Zhilei). Just as the voyage goes up, Anlu is gentle and sometimes crazy, but she is getting younger and younger. Gao Chun falls in love with Anlu, stops the boat to meet her, and gradually finds that the location of Anlu is related to a handwritten poem of an unknown author. However, after the ship passes the Three Gorges, Anlu no longer appears. Gao Chun frantically searches for Anlu, and finds the secret of Anlu in the poetry and route maps. There is a change on the ship, but he still desperately drives the cargo ship alone and continues to trace the Yangtze River until he reaches the source of the snowy mountain. Finally, he finds the origin of Anlu and the secret of the Yangtze River. [6]

Reception

Maggie Lee of Variety called the film a "gorgeously shot meditation on the Yangtze River [that] all but drowns in pretentious symbolism and philosophical musings." [7] Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter said of the film: "Beautiful romanticism in search of a narrative shore." [2] Lee Marshall of Screen Daily called the film "a meandering, sluggish tale that offers moments of great beauty but ultimately feels like a ragbag, take-your-pick bundle of poetic and spiritual suggestions inspired by China’s great Yangtze River." [1]

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References

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