Only the River Flows

Original title: He bian de cuo wu

2023
15
1h 41m

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6.6/10

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Yilong Zhu in Only the River Flows (2023)

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Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

A chief of 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 behavio... Read allA chief of 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.A chief of 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.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

3.3K

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Awards
- 13 wins & 22 nominations total

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Trivia
Only the River Flows is based on Yu Hua's story Mistakes by the River. Director Yimou Zhang initially wanted to make a suspense film based on this story, back in the 1990s. Per Yu Hua, they wrote for many days but didn't know how to film it. Yu Hua gave Yimou Zhang another story, To Live, instead, which was made into same named movie To Live (1994) , and subsequently won the Grand Prize of the Jury of Cannes Film Festival in 1994.

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Mirror Image (From Crash)
Composed by Howard Shore
Performed by Howard Shore

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10/10

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Lens: 16mm film movies are really not easy It has a very cinematic texture, composition, colors, perfect camera language, and metaphorical expression art, which perfectly fits this somewhat bizarre and absurd story. There are no unnecessary narrative techniques at all. Excellent artistry, the atmosphere brought by the screen is excellent!

Music: This movie doesn't have a lot of music, but it's all perfectly chosen. And most importantly, when you finish watching the music in the movie and hear it again, a very strange feeling arises, as if the story of Ma Zhe and his is floating in your mind again, bringing you back to the story of the movie like a movie. Many of the things conveyed by the camera seem to be experienced in an instant.