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Only the River Flows

Mandarin
October 21, 2023
1hr 41min
Status: released

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Only the River Flows Movie Details:

Simplified Chinese河边的错误
Traditional Chinese河邊的錯誤
Hanyu PinyinHébiān de cuòwù
Based onMistakes by the River by Yu Hua
Country China
Language Mandarin
GenreCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release dateMay 20, 2023 (Cannes)
October 21, 2023 (China)
Running time1hr 41min
StarringZhu Yilong
Chloe Maayan
Hou Tianlai
Tong Linkai
Directed by Wei Shujun
Screenplay byKang Chunlei
Wei Shujun
Produced byTang Xiaohui
Huang Xufeng
Li Chan
Shen Yang
Cinematography by Chengma
Edited by Mattieu Laclau
Production CompanyKXKH Film
Distributor Lian Ray Pictures

Only the River Flows Movie Cast & Characters:

  • Zhu Yilong as Ma Zhe
  • Chloe Maayan as Bai Jie
  • Hou Tianlai as the Chief of Police
  • Tong Linkai as Xie

Storyline:

A police chief, Ma Zhe, investigates a series of murders in a riverside town in rural China in the 1990s. Though an arrest is made quickly, clues push the policeman to delve deeper into the hidden behavior of the locals and piece together the truth.

Only the River Flows Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:

BudgetCN¥50,000,000 (estimated)
Worldwide Collection$41.4 million

About Only the River Flows Movie:

Only the River Flows (simplified Chinese: 河边的错误; traditional Chinese: 河邊的錯誤; pinyin: Hébiān de cuòwù) is a Chinese neo-noir art film directed by Wei Shujun, who co-wrote the screenplay with Kang Chunlei based on Yu Hua’s short novel Mistakes by the River. The film, stars Zhu Yilong, as a police chief investigating a series of murders in a riverside town in rural China in the 1990s.

The film was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section of the 76th Cannes Film Festival. And was released theatrically in China on October 21, 2023. As of November 7, the total box office of the film is 301 million RMB, placing it among China’s highest-grossing independent films.

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