Journalist Guo lives together with her mother and daughter in the same residence. The relation of three generations looks placid but there is actually a fierce undercurrent of rebellion and resistance.
Acting
Hao Lei's restrained fury battles Elaine Jin's weathered defiance.
Direction
Yang Lina turns domestic spaces into psychological battlefields.
Writing
What's unsaid wounds deeper than any confrontation.
Director
Yang Lina
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Banned from mainland Chinese theaters, it premiered at Busan—its very existence is political resistance.
The title's spring tide refers to menstrual cycles and generational renewal—three women's bodies keeping time together.
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