A voyage between a woman searching for the meaning of life and a man holding a book of poems on the longest river of Mainland China.
Cinematography
The Yangtze as living character—muddy, majestic, merciless.
Direction
Yang Chao shoots the river like a fever dream you can't wake from.
Director
Yang Chao
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yang Chao spent three years location scouting by boat, and the film was shot entirely on the actual Yangtze over eighteen months.
The dam's construction displaced 1.2 million people; the film captures villages now permanently underwater, making it unintentional documentary.
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