Only the River Flows

2DORCS15
Director:Shujun Wei
Cast:Yilong Zhu, Chloe Maayan, Tianlai Hou, Tong Lin Kai
Premiere:11. April 2024
Length:101 minutes
Genre:Drama, Crime, Mystery

Only the River Flows

He bian de cuo wu; Shujun Wei, 2023, versions: OR,CS, languages: zho

Policajný šéf vyšetruje v 90. rokoch sériu vrážd v malom čínskom vidieckom mestečku na brehu rieky. Zatýkanie prichádza prekvapivo rýchlo, ale stopy policajta nútia preniknúť hlbšie do záhadného správania miestnych obyvateľov.

Director: Shujun Wei • Scenario: Chunlei Kang, Shujun Wei, Hua Yu • Haircut: Matthieu Laclau • Camera: Chengma Zhiyuan • Sound: Duu-Chig Tu, Tse Kang Tu • Cast: Yilong Zhu, Chloe Maayan, Tianlai Hou, Tong Lin Kai

1990s, Banpo Town, rural China. A woman’s body is found by the river. Ma Zhe, Chief of the Criminal Police, heads up the murder investigation that quickly leads to an arrest. As his superiors are keen to communicate their success, several clues push Ma Zhe to delve deeper into the hidden behaviour of his fellow citizens. With a singular and acerbic vision, Wei Shujun plays with the detective genre, adapting Yu Hua’s short novel Mistakes By The River (author of To Live adapted by Zhang Yimou), for his third feature film after Striding Into The Wind (Cannes Label 2020) and Ripples Of Life (Directors’ Fortnight 2021).

Length: 101 min

Year: 2023
Local premiere date: 11. April 2024

Country of origin:

  • China

Language version:

OR - Original version (chinese)
CS - Czech subtitles

Policajný šéf vyšetruje v 90. rokoch sériu vrážd v malom čínskom vidieckom mestečku na brehu rieky. Zatýkanie prichádza prekvapivo rýchlo, ale stopy policajta nútia preniknúť hlbšie do záhadného správania miestnych obyvateľov.

Director: Shujun Wei • Scenario: Chunlei Kang, Shujun Wei, Hua Yu • Haircut: Matthieu Laclau • Camera: Chengma Zhiyuan • Sound: Duu-Chig Tu, Tse Kang Tu • Cast: Yilong Zhu, Chloe Maayan, Tianlai Hou, Tong Lin Kai

1990s, Banpo Town, rural China. A woman’s body is found by the river. Ma Zhe, Chief of the Criminal Police, heads up the murder investigation that quickly leads to an arrest. As his superiors are keen to communicate their success, several clues push Ma Zhe to delve deeper into the hidden behaviour of his fellow citizens. With a singular and acerbic vision, Wei Shujun plays with the detective genre, adapting Yu Hua’s short novel Mistakes By The River (author of To Live adapted by Zhang Yimou), for his third feature film after Striding Into The Wind (Cannes Label 2020) and Ripples Of Life (Directors’ Fortnight 2021).

Year: 2023
Local premiere date: 11. April 2024

Country of origin:

  • China

Language version:

OR - Original version (chinese)
CS - Czech subtitles